Average Error: 0.9 → 0.3
Time: 14.4s
Precision: 64
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
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\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) - \cos \phi_1\right) + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_1}{{\left(\cos \phi_1\right)}^{3} + {\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}}}}\]
\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)}
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\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) - \cos \phi_1\right) + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_1}{{\left(\cos \phi_1\right)}^{3} + {\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}}}}
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return (lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
}
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double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return (lambda1 + atan2((((cos(phi2) * sin(lambda1)) * cos(lambda2)) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(lambda1) * sin(-lambda2)))), (1.0 / ((((cos(phi2) * ((cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))) * ((cos(phi2) * ((cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))) - cos(phi1))) + (cos(phi1) * cos(phi1))) / (pow(cos(phi1), 3.0) + pow((cos(phi2) * ((cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), 3.0))))));
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

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Results

Enter valid numbers for all inputs

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-neg0.9

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

  4. Applied sin-sum0.8

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

  5. Applied distribute-lft-in0.8

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

  6. Simplified0.8

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

  8. Applied cos-diff0.2

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

  10. Applied flip3-+0.3

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

  11. Simplified0.3

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

  13. Applied clear-num0.3

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

  14. Final simplification0.3

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020065 
(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)))))))