Average Error: 0.9 → 0.2
Time: 15.1s
Precision: binary64
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
↓
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \log \left(e^{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
\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)}
↓
\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \log \left(e^{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right), \cos \phi_1\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)
    (- (* (cos lambda2) (sin lambda1)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2))))
   (fma
    (cos phi2)
    (+
     (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1))
     (log (exp (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))))
    (cos phi1)))))
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) * ((cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), fma(cos(phi2), ((cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)) + log(exp(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), cos(phi1)));
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.9

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

  2. Simplified0.9

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

  4. Applied cos-diff_binary640.9

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

  5. Simplified0.9

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

  7. Applied sin-diff_binary640.2

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

  8. Simplified0.2

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

  10. Applied add-log-exp_binary640.2

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

  11. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \log \left(e^{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2021209 
(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)))))))