\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 \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2) :precision binary64 (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2) :precision binary64 (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin(lambda1 - lambda2)), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1 - lambda2))));
}
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin(lambda1 - lambda2)), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1 - lambda2))));
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 0.8
herbie shell --seed 2021027
(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)))))))