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))))))))))))))))));
}
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) cos(phi1)) * ((double) (((double) cos(phi2)) * ((double) (((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0)))) * ((double) cbrt(((double) pow(((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0)))), 3.0)))))))))))))), ((double) sqrt(((double) (1.0 + ((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) (((double) cos(phi2)) * ((double) (((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0)))) * ((double) log(((double) exp(((double) sin(((double) (((double) (lambda2 - lambda1)) / 2.0)))))))))))))) - ((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))))))))))))));
}



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Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 24.5
Simplified24.5
rmApplied div-sub24.5
Applied sin-diff23.9
rmApplied div-sub23.9
Applied sin-diff13.8
rmApplied add-log-exp13.8
rmApplied add-cbrt-cube14.0
Simplified14.0
Final simplification14.0
herbie shell --seed 2020191
(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))))))))))