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



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Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 0.7
rmApplied sin-diff0.7
rmApplied cos-diff0.2
rmApplied add-cube-cbrt0.5
rmApplied add-log-exp0.5
Applied add-log-exp0.5
Applied sum-log0.5
Simplified0.5
Final simplification0.5
herbie shell --seed 2020181
(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)))))))