\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)}\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right) + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left({\left(\sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1}\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \lambda_1}\right)\right)\right)}(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2) :precision binary64 (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:precision binary64
(atan2
(*
(- (* (cos lambda2) (sin lambda1)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
(cos phi2))
(-
(* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
(+
(* (cos lambda2) (* (cos lambda1) (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))))
(*
(* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))
(*
(pow (cbrt (sin lambda1)) 2.0)
(* (sin lambda2) (cbrt (sin lambda1)))))))))double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
return atan2((sin(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(lambda1 - lambda2))));
}
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
return atan2((((cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((cos(lambda2) * (cos(lambda1) * (cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)))) + ((cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * (pow(cbrt(sin(lambda1)), 2.0) * (sin(lambda2) * cbrt(sin(lambda1))))))));
}



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Results
Initial program 13.1
rmApplied sin-diff_binary64_26016.7
Simplified6.7
rmApplied cos-diff_binary64_26020.2
Applied distribute-rgt-in_binary64_24150.2
Simplified0.2
rmApplied add-cube-cbrt_binary64_25000.2
Applied associate-*l*_binary64_24060.2
Simplified0.2
rmApplied pow2_binary64_25460.2
Final simplification0.2
herbie shell --seed 2021032
(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))))))