Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 12.9 → 0.2

Time: 13.3s

Precision: 64

Math

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

↓

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

C

double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r113415 = lambda1;
        double r113416 = lambda2;
        double r113417 = r113415 - r113416;
        double r113418 = sin(r113417);
        double r113419 = phi2;
        double r113420 = cos(r113419);
        double r113421 = r113418 * r113420;
        double r113422 = phi1;
        double r113423 = cos(r113422);
        double r113424 = sin(r113419);
        double r113425 = r113423 * r113424;
        double r113426 = sin(r113422);
        double r113427 = r113426 * r113420;
        double r113428 = cos(r113417);
        double r113429 = r113427 * r113428;
        double r113430 = r113425 - r113429;
        double r113431 = atan2(r113421, r113430);
        return r113431;
}

↓

double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
        double r113432 = lambda1;
        double r113433 = sin(r113432);
        double r113434 = lambda2;
        double r113435 = cos(r113434);
        double r113436 = r113433 * r113435;
        double r113437 = cos(r113432);
        double r113438 = sin(r113434);
        double r113439 = r113437 * r113438;
        double r113440 = r113436 - r113439;
        double r113441 = phi2;
        double r113442 = cos(r113441);
        double r113443 = r113440 * r113442;
        double r113444 = phi1;
        double r113445 = cos(r113444);
        double r113446 = sin(r113441);
        double r113447 = r113445 * r113446;
        double r113448 = sin(r113444);
        double r113449 = r113448 * r113442;
        double r113450 = r113437 * r113435;
        double r113451 = r113449 * r113450;
        double r113452 = r113433 * r113438;
        double r113453 = r113449 * r113452;
        double r113454 = 3.0;
        double r113455 = pow(r113453, r113454);
        double r113456 = cbrt(r113455);
        double r113457 = r113451 + r113456;
        double r113458 = r113447 - r113457;
        double r113459 = atan2(r113443, r113458);
        return r113459;
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

1. Initial program 12.9

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

3. Applied sin-diff 6.5

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

5. Applied cos-diff 0.2

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

6. Applied distribute-lft-in 0.2

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

8. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.2

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

9. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.2

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

10. Applied cbrt-unprod 0.2

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

11. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.2

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

12. Applied add-cbrt-cube 0.2

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

13. Applied cbrt-unprod 0.2

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

14. Applied cbrt-unprod 0.2

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

15. Simplified 0.2

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

16. Final simplification 0.2

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020059 +o rules:numerics
(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))))))