Average Error: 12.7 → 0.2
Time: 17.3s
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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\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right) + \sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}\right)}\]
\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(\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) + \sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}\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))))))
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(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))))
    (cbrt
     (pow
      (* (sin lambda2) (* (sin lambda1) (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))))
      3.0))))))
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))));
}
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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)))) + cbrt(pow((sin(lambda2) * (sin(lambda1) * (cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)))), 3.0)))));
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

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Results

Enter valid numbers for all inputs

Derivation

  1. Initial program 12.7

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

  3. Applied sin-diff_binary646.6

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

  4. Simplified6.6

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

  6. Applied cos-diff_binary640.2

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

  7. Applied distribute-rgt-in_binary640.2

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

  8. Simplified0.2

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

  9. Simplified0.2

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

  11. Applied add-cbrt-cube_binary640.2

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

  12. Simplified0.2

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

  13. Final simplification0.2

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2021173 
(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))))))