Average Error: 13.4 → 0.2
Time: 18.3s
Precision: binary64
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\]
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\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) - \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]
\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}
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\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) - \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}}
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return ((double) atan2(((double) (((double) sin(((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)))) * ((double) cos(phi2)))), ((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) sin(phi2)))) - ((double) (((double) (((double) sin(phi1)) * ((double) cos(phi2)))) * ((double) cos(((double) (lambda1 - lambda2))))))))));
}
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double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return ((double) atan2(((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) sin(lambda1)) * ((double) cos(lambda2)))) - ((double) (((double) cos(lambda1)) * ((double) sin(lambda2)))))) * ((double) cos(phi2)))), ((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) sin(phi2)))) - (((double) (((double) (((double) sin(phi1)) * ((double) cos(phi2)))) * ((double) (((double) pow(((double) (((double) cos(lambda2)) * ((double) cos(lambda1)))), 3.0)) + ((double) pow(((double) (((double) sin(lambda1)) * ((double) sin(lambda2)))), 3.0)))))) / ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) cos(lambda2)) * ((double) cos(lambda1)))) * ((double) (((double) cos(lambda2)) * ((double) cos(lambda1)))))) + ((double) (((double) (((double) (((double) sin(lambda1)) * ((double) sin(lambda2)))) * ((double) (((double) sin(lambda1)) * ((double) sin(lambda2)))))) - ((double) (((double) (((double) cos(lambda2)) * ((double) cos(lambda1)))) * ((double) (((double) sin(lambda1)) * ((double) sin(lambda2)))))))))))))));
}

Error

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Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 13.4

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

  3. Applied sin-diff6.8

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

  5. Applied cos-diff0.2

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

  6. Simplified0.2

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

  8. Applied flip3-+0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\frac{{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) - \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}}}\]

  9. Applied associate-*r/0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) - \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}}}\]

  10. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left({\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}\right)}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) - \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020182 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Bearing on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))