\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot Re^{\log \left(\log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right)} \cdot Rdouble f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r25472 = phi1;
double r25473 = sin(r25472);
double r25474 = phi2;
double r25475 = sin(r25474);
double r25476 = r25473 * r25475;
double r25477 = cos(r25472);
double r25478 = cos(r25474);
double r25479 = r25477 * r25478;
double r25480 = lambda1;
double r25481 = lambda2;
double r25482 = r25480 - r25481;
double r25483 = cos(r25482);
double r25484 = r25479 * r25483;
double r25485 = r25476 + r25484;
double r25486 = acos(r25485);
double r25487 = R;
double r25488 = r25486 * r25487;
return r25488;
}
double f(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r25489 = phi1;
double r25490 = sin(r25489);
double r25491 = phi2;
double r25492 = sin(r25491);
double r25493 = r25490 * r25492;
double r25494 = cos(r25489);
double r25495 = cos(r25491);
double r25496 = r25494 * r25495;
double r25497 = lambda1;
double r25498 = cos(r25497);
double r25499 = lambda2;
double r25500 = cos(r25499);
double r25501 = r25498 * r25500;
double r25502 = sin(r25497);
double r25503 = -r25499;
double r25504 = sin(r25503);
double r25505 = r25502 * r25504;
double r25506 = r25501 - r25505;
double r25507 = r25496 * r25506;
double r25508 = r25493 + r25507;
double r25509 = acos(r25508);
double r25510 = exp(r25509);
double r25511 = log(r25510);
double r25512 = log(r25511);
double r25513 = exp(r25512);
double r25514 = R;
double r25515 = r25513 * r25514;
return r25515;
}



Bits error versus R



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 16.9
rmApplied sub-neg16.9
Applied cos-sum3.9
Simplified3.9
rmApplied add-exp-log4.0
rmApplied add-log-exp4.0
Final simplification4.0
herbie shell --seed 2020033
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Spherical law of cosines"
:precision binary64
(* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))