Average Error: 0.2 → 0.2
Time: 16.6s
Precision: binary64
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin theta \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}{\cos delta - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos delta + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos theta\right)\right)}\]
↓
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin theta \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}{\cos delta - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\cos delta \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin delta \cdot \cos theta\right)\right)\right)}\]
\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin theta \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}{\cos delta - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos delta + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos theta\right)\right)}
↓
\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin theta \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}{\cos delta - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\cos delta \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin delta \cdot \cos theta\right)\right)\right)}
(FPCore (lambda1 phi1 phi2 delta theta)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (* (* (sin theta) (sin delta)) (cos phi1))
   (-
    (cos delta)
    (*
     (sin phi1)
     (sin
      (asin
       (+
        (* (sin phi1) (cos delta))
        (* (* (cos phi1) (sin delta)) (cos theta))))))))))
↓
(FPCore (lambda1 phi1 phi2 delta theta)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (* (* (sin theta) (sin delta)) (cos phi1))
   (-
    (cos delta)
    (*
     (sin phi1)
     (sin
      (-
       (/ PI 2.0)
       (acos
        (+
         (* (cos delta) (sin phi1))
         (* (cos phi1) (* (sin delta) (cos theta))))))))))))
double code(double lambda1, double phi1, double phi2, double delta, double theta) {
	return ((double) (lambda1 + ((double) atan2(((double) (((double) (((double) sin(theta)) * ((double) sin(delta)))) * ((double) cos(phi1)))), ((double) (((double) cos(delta)) - ((double) (((double) sin(phi1)) * ((double) sin(((double) asin(((double) (((double) (((double) sin(phi1)) * ((double) cos(delta)))) + ((double) (((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) sin(delta)))) * ((double) cos(theta))))))))))))))))));
}
↓
double code(double lambda1, double phi1, double phi2, double delta, double theta) {
	return ((double) (lambda1 + ((double) atan2(((double) (((double) (((double) sin(theta)) * ((double) sin(delta)))) * ((double) cos(phi1)))), ((double) (((double) cos(delta)) - ((double) (((double) sin(phi1)) * ((double) sin(((double) ((((double) M_PI) / 2.0) - ((double) acos(((double) (((double) (((double) cos(delta)) * ((double) sin(phi1)))) + ((double) (((double) cos(phi1)) * ((double) (((double) sin(delta)) * ((double) cos(theta))))))))))))))))))))));
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Bits error versus delta

Bits error versus theta

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Results

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Derivation

  1. Initial program Error: 0.2 bits

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

  3. Applied asin-acosError: 0.2 bits

    \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin theta \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}{\cos delta - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos delta + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos theta\right)\right)}}\]

  4. SimplifiedError: 0.2 bits

    \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin theta \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}{\cos delta - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\cos delta \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin delta \cdot \cos theta\right)\right)}\right)}\]

  5. Final simplificationError: 0.2 bits

    \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin theta \cdot \sin delta\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}{\cos delta - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\pi}{2} - \cos^{-1} \left(\cos delta \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin delta \cdot \cos theta\right)\right)\right)}\]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2020204 
(FPCore (lambda1 phi1 phi2 delta theta)
  :name "Destination given bearing on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (* (sin theta) (sin delta)) (cos phi1)) (- (cos delta) (* (sin phi1) (sin (asin (+ (* (sin phi1) (cos delta)) (* (* (cos phi1) (sin delta)) (cos theta))))))))))