Average Error: 23.8 → 13.4
Time: 17.6s
Precision: 64
\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\]
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\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\]
R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)
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R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return ((double) (R * ((double) (2.0 * ((double) atan2(((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) pow(((double) sin(((double) (((double) (phi1 - phi2)) / 2.0)))), 2.0)) + ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) cos(phi2)))) * ((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0)))))) * ((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0)))))))))), ((double) sqrt(((double) (1.0 - ((double) (((double) pow(((double) sin(((double) (((double) (phi1 - phi2)) / 2.0)))), 2.0)) + ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) cos(phi2)))) * ((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0)))))) * ((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0))))))))))))))))));
}
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double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return ((double) (R * ((double) (2.0 * ((double) atan2(((double) sqrt(((double) (((double) pow(((double) (((double) (((double) sin(((double) (phi1 / 2.0)))) * ((double) cos(((double) (phi2 / 2.0)))))) - ((double) (((double) cos(((double) (phi1 / 2.0)))) * ((double) sin(((double) (phi2 / 2.0)))))))), 2.0)) + ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) cos(phi2)))) * ((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0)))))) * ((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0)))))))))), ((double) sqrt(((double) (1.0 - ((double) (((double) pow(((double) (((double) (((double) sin(((double) (phi1 / 2.0)))) * ((double) cos(((double) (phi2 / 2.0)))))) - ((double) (((double) cos(((double) (phi1 / 2.0)))) * ((double) sin(((double) (phi2 / 2.0)))))))), 2.0)) + ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) cos(phi2)))) * ((double) (((double) (((double) sin(((double) (lambda1 / 2.0)))) * ((double) cos(((double) (lambda2 / 2.0)))))) - ((double) (((double) cos(((double) (lambda1 / 2.0)))) * ((double) sin(((double) (lambda2 / 2.0)))))))))) * ((double) (((double) (((double) sin(((double) (lambda1 / 2.0)))) * ((double) cos(((double) (lambda2 / 2.0)))))) - ((double) (((double) cos(((double) (lambda1 / 2.0)))) * ((double) sin(((double) (lambda2 / 2.0))))))))))))))))))))));
}

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 23.8

    \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\]
  2. Using strategy rm

  3. Applied div-sub23.8

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2} - \frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)}\right)}}\right)\]

  4. Applied sin-diff24.0

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}\right)}}\right)\]
  5. Using strategy rm

  6. Applied div-sub24.0

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2} - \frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\]

  7. Applied sin-diff23.5

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\]
  8. Using strategy rm

  9. Applied div-sub23.5

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\phi_1}{2} - \frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\]

  10. Applied sin-diff22.9

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\]
  11. Using strategy rm

  12. Applied div-sub22.9

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\phi_1}{2} - \frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\]

  13. Applied sin-diff13.4

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\]

  14. Final simplification13.4

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\lambda_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020128 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))) (sqrt (- 1.0 (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))))))))