\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{\log \left(e^{{\left(\cos \phi_1\right)}^{3}}\right) + {\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{3}}{\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}}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))))));
}
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
return (lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), ((log(exp(pow(cos(phi1), 3.0))) + pow((cos(phi2) * ((cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), 3.0)) / (((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))))));
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 0.9
rmApplied sin-diff0.8
rmApplied cos-diff0.2
rmApplied flip3-+0.3
Simplified0.3
rmApplied add-log-exp0.3
Final simplification0.3
herbie shell --seed 2020078
(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)))))))