\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R\log \left({e}^{\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot Rdouble code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
return ((double) (((double) acos(((double) (((double) (((double) sin(phi1)) * ((double) sin(phi2)))) + ((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) cos(phi2)))) * ((double) cos(((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)))))))))) * R));
}
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
return ((double) (((double) log(((double) pow(((double) M_E), ((double) acos(((double) (((double) (((double) sin(phi1)) * ((double) sin(phi2)))) + ((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) cos(phi2)))) * ((double) (((double) (((double) cos(lambda1)) * ((double) cos(lambda2)))) + ((double) (((double) sin(lambda1)) * ((double) sin(lambda2)))))))))))))))) * R));
}



Bits error versus R



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 17.1
rmApplied cos-diff3.9
rmApplied add-log-exp3.9
rmApplied *-un-lft-identity3.9
Applied exp-prod4.0
Simplified4.0
Final simplification4.0
herbie shell --seed 2020123
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Spherical law of cosines"
:precision binary64
(* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))