\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin theta \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}{\cos delta - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos delta + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos theta\right)\right)}\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin delta \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin theta\right)}{\cos delta - \left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \phi_1\right)}^{6}} \cdot \cos delta + \sin delta \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos theta \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right)\right)}double code(double lambda1, double phi1, double phi2, double delta, double theta) {
return (lambda1 + atan2(((sin(theta) * sin(delta)) * cos(phi1)), (cos(delta) - (sin(phi1) * sin(asin(((sin(phi1) * cos(delta)) + ((cos(phi1) * sin(delta)) * cos(theta)))))))));
}
double code(double lambda1, double phi1, double phi2, double delta, double theta) {
return (lambda1 + atan2((sin(delta) * (cos(phi1) * sin(theta))), (cos(delta) - ((cbrt(pow(sin(phi1), 6.0)) * cos(delta)) + (sin(delta) * (cos(phi1) * (cos(theta) * sin(phi1))))))));
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2



Bits error versus delta



Bits error versus theta
Results
Initial program 0.2
Taylor expanded around 0 0.2
Simplified0.1
rmApplied add-cbrt-cube0.2
Simplified0.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2020092 +o rules:numerics
(FPCore (lambda1 phi1 phi2 delta theta)
:name "Destination given bearing on a great circle"
:precision binary64
(+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (* (sin theta) (sin delta)) (cos phi1)) (- (cos delta) (* (sin phi1) (sin (asin (+ (* (sin phi1) (cos delta)) (* (* (cos phi1) (sin delta)) (cos theta))))))))))