Midpoint on a great circle

Average Error: 0.9 → 0.3

Time: 12.0s

Precision: 64

Math

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

↓

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

C

double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r55744 = lambda1;
        double r55745 = phi2;
        double r55746 = cos(r55745);
        double r55747 = lambda2;
        double r55748 = r55744 - r55747;
        double r55749 = sin(r55748);
        double r55750 = r55746 * r55749;
        double r55751 = phi1;
        double r55752 = cos(r55751);
        double r55753 = cos(r55748);
        double r55754 = r55746 * r55753;
        double r55755 = r55752 + r55754;
        double r55756 = atan2(r55750, r55755);
        double r55757 = r55744 + r55756;
        return r55757;
}

↓

double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r55758 = lambda1;
        double r55759 = phi2;
        double r55760 = cos(r55759);
        double r55761 = sin(r55758);
        double r55762 = lambda2;
        double r55763 = cos(r55762);
        double r55764 = r55761 * r55763;
        double r55765 = cos(r55758);
        double r55766 = -r55762;
        double r55767 = sin(r55766);
        double r55768 = r55765 * r55767;
        double r55769 = r55764 + r55768;
        double r55770 = r55760 * r55769;
        double r55771 = phi1;
        double r55772 = cos(r55771);
        double r55773 = 3.0;
        double r55774 = pow(r55772, r55773);
        double r55775 = r55765 * r55763;
        double r55776 = r55761 * r55767;
        double r55777 = r55775 - r55776;
        double r55778 = r55760 * r55777;
        double r55779 = pow(r55778, r55773);
        double r55780 = r55774 + r55779;
        double r55781 = r55778 - r55772;
        double r55782 = pow(r55781, r55773);
        double r55783 = cbrt(r55782);
        double r55784 = r55778 * r55783;
        double r55785 = r55772 * r55772;
        double r55786 = r55784 + r55785;
        double r55787 = r55780 / r55786;
        double r55788 = atan2(r55770, r55787);
        double r55789 = r55758 + r55788;
        return r55789;
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

1. Initial program 0.9

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

3. Applied sub-neg 0.9

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

4. Applied sin-sum 0.9

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

5. Simplified 0.9

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

7. Applied sub-neg 0.9

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

8. Applied cos-sum 0.2

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

9. Simplified 0.2

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

11. Applied flip3-+ 0.3

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

12. Simplified 0.3

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

14. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.3

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

15. Simplified 0.3

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

16. Final simplification 0.3

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020034 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Midpoint on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))