\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 \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r112117 = lambda1;
double r112118 = lambda2;
double r112119 = r112117 - r112118;
double r112120 = sin(r112119);
double r112121 = phi2;
double r112122 = cos(r112121);
double r112123 = r112120 * r112122;
double r112124 = phi1;
double r112125 = cos(r112124);
double r112126 = sin(r112121);
double r112127 = r112125 * r112126;
double r112128 = sin(r112124);
double r112129 = r112128 * r112122;
double r112130 = cos(r112119);
double r112131 = r112129 * r112130;
double r112132 = r112127 - r112131;
double r112133 = atan2(r112123, r112132);
return r112133;
}
double f(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double r112134 = lambda1;
double r112135 = sin(r112134);
double r112136 = lambda2;
double r112137 = cos(r112136);
double r112138 = r112135 * r112137;
double r112139 = cos(r112134);
double r112140 = -r112136;
double r112141 = sin(r112140);
double r112142 = r112139 * r112141;
double r112143 = r112138 + r112142;
double r112144 = phi2;
double r112145 = cos(r112144);
double r112146 = r112143 * r112145;
double r112147 = phi1;
double r112148 = cos(r112147);
double r112149 = sin(r112144);
double r112150 = r112148 * r112149;
double r112151 = sin(r112147);
double r112152 = r112139 * r112137;
double r112153 = r112145 * r112152;
double r112154 = r112151 * r112153;
double r112155 = expm1(r112154);
double r112156 = log1p(r112155);
double r112157 = r112151 * r112145;
double r112158 = sin(r112136);
double r112159 = r112135 * r112158;
double r112160 = r112157 * r112159;
double r112161 = r112156 + r112160;
double r112162 = r112150 - r112161;
double r112163 = atan2(r112146, r112162);
return r112163;
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 14.0
rmApplied sub-neg14.0
Applied sin-sum7.2
Simplified7.2
rmApplied cos-diff0.2
Applied distribute-lft-in0.2
rmApplied associate-*l*0.2
rmApplied log1p-expm1-u0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2020060 +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))))))