\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 \lambda_2\right)}{\frac{{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1\right)\right)}^{3} + {\left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}^{3}}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2, \cos \phi_1\right), \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2, \cos \phi_1\right)\right)\right), \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1\right)\right)\right)}}double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r58838 = lambda1;
double r58839 = phi2;
double r58840 = cos(r58839);
double r58841 = lambda2;
double r58842 = r58838 - r58841;
double r58843 = sin(r58842);
double r58844 = r58840 * r58843;
double r58845 = phi1;
double r58846 = cos(r58845);
double r58847 = cos(r58842);
double r58848 = r58840 * r58847;
double r58849 = r58846 + r58848;
double r58850 = atan2(r58844, r58849);
double r58851 = r58838 + r58850;
return r58851;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r58852 = lambda1;
double r58853 = phi2;
double r58854 = cos(r58853);
double r58855 = sin(r58852);
double r58856 = lambda2;
double r58857 = cos(r58856);
double r58858 = r58855 * r58857;
double r58859 = cos(r58852);
double r58860 = sin(r58856);
double r58861 = r58859 * r58860;
double r58862 = r58858 - r58861;
double r58863 = r58854 * r58862;
double r58864 = r58857 * r58854;
double r58865 = phi1;
double r58866 = cos(r58865);
double r58867 = fma(r58859, r58864, r58866);
double r58868 = 3.0;
double r58869 = pow(r58867, r58868);
double r58870 = r58855 * r58860;
double r58871 = r58870 * r58854;
double r58872 = pow(r58871, r58868);
double r58873 = r58869 + r58872;
double r58874 = r58854 * r58857;
double r58875 = fma(r58859, r58874, r58866);
double r58876 = expm1(r58875);
double r58877 = log1p(r58876);
double r58878 = r58871 - r58867;
double r58879 = r58871 * r58878;
double r58880 = fma(r58875, r58877, r58879);
double r58881 = r58873 / r58880;
double r58882 = atan2(r58863, r58881);
double r58883 = r58852 + r58882;
return r58883;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Initial program 0.8
rmApplied cos-diff0.8
Applied distribute-rgt-in0.8
Applied associate-+r+0.8
Simplified0.8
rmApplied sin-diff0.2
rmApplied flip3-+0.2
Simplified0.2
rmApplied log1p-expm1-u0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2020039 +o rules:numerics
(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)))))))