Average Error: 38.9 → 3.6
Time: 4.9s
Precision: 64
\[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]
↓
\[\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R\]
R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}
↓
\mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return (R * sqrt(((((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2)))));
}
↓
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return (hypot(((lambda1 + lambda2) / (1.0 / (((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) / (lambda1 + lambda2)))), (phi1 - phi2)) * R);
}

Error

Bits error versus R

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 38.9

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}\]

  2. Simplified3.6

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R}\]
  3. Using strategy rm

  4. Applied flip--25.0

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\lambda_1 \cdot \lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \cdot \lambda_2}{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}} \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R\]

  5. Applied associate-*l/25.1

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\left(\lambda_1 \cdot \lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \cdot \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R\]
  6. Using strategy rm

  7. Applied difference-of-squares25.0

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R\]

  8. Applied associate-*l*25.0

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R\]

  9. Applied associate-/l*3.6

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\frac{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}{\frac{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R\]
  10. Using strategy rm

  11. Applied clear-num3.6

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}{\color{blue}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}}}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R\]

  12. Final simplification3.6

    \[\leadsto \mathsf{hypot}\left(\frac{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}{\frac{1}{\frac{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}{\lambda_1 + \lambda_2}}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot R\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020071 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (sqrt (+ (* (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))