Average Error: 13.4 → 0.2
Time: 14.9s
Precision: 64
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
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\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \left(\sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right)}\]
\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}
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\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \left(\sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right)}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r108548 = lambda1;
        double r108549 = lambda2;
        double r108550 = r108548 - r108549;
        double r108551 = sin(r108550);
        double r108552 = phi2;
        double r108553 = cos(r108552);
        double r108554 = r108551 * r108553;
        double r108555 = phi1;
        double r108556 = cos(r108555);
        double r108557 = sin(r108552);
        double r108558 = r108556 * r108557;
        double r108559 = sin(r108555);
        double r108560 = r108559 * r108553;
        double r108561 = cos(r108550);
        double r108562 = r108560 * r108561;
        double r108563 = r108558 - r108562;
        double r108564 = atan2(r108554, r108563);
        return r108564;
}
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double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r108565 = lambda1;
        double r108566 = sin(r108565);
        double r108567 = lambda2;
        double r108568 = cos(r108567);
        double r108569 = r108566 * r108568;
        double r108570 = cos(r108565);
        double r108571 = -r108567;
        double r108572 = sin(r108571);
        double r108573 = r108570 * r108572;
        double r108574 = r108569 + r108573;
        double r108575 = phi2;
        double r108576 = cos(r108575);
        double r108577 = r108574 * r108576;
        double r108578 = phi1;
        double r108579 = cos(r108578);
        double r108580 = sin(r108575);
        double r108581 = r108579 * r108580;
        double r108582 = sin(r108578);
        double r108583 = r108582 * r108576;
        double r108584 = r108570 * r108568;
        double r108585 = sin(r108567);
        double r108586 = r108566 * r108585;
        double r108587 = cbrt(r108586);
        double r108588 = r108587 * r108587;
        double r108589 = r108588 * r108587;
        double r108590 = r108584 + r108589;
        double r108591 = r108583 * r108590;
        double r108592 = r108581 - r108591;
        double r108593 = atan2(r108577, r108592);
        return r108593;
}

Error

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Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 13.4

    \[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied sub-neg13.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]

  4. Applied sin-sum6.7

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]

  5. Simplified6.7

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
  6. Using strategy rm

  7. Applied cos-diff0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}}\]
  8. Using strategy rm

  9. Applied add-cube-cbrt0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}}\right)}\]

  10. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \left(\sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right)}\]

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herbie shell --seed 2020033 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Bearing on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))