R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\
t_1 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\
t_2 := {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\\
R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right), t_0 \cdot t_1, t_2\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(t_1, t_0 \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_1\right)\right), t_2\right)}}\right)
\end{array}
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:precision binary64
(*
R
(*
2.0
(atan2
(sqrt
(+
(pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
(*
(* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
(sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))))
(sqrt
(-
1.0
(+
(pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
(*
(* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
(sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))))))))(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:precision binary64
(let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
(t_1 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
(t_2
(pow
(-
(* (sin (/ phi1 2.0)) (cos (/ phi2 2.0)))
(* (cos (/ phi1 2.0)) (sin (/ phi2 2.0))))
2.0)))
(*
R
(*
2.0
(atan2
(sqrt (fma (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) (* t_0 t_1) t_2))
(sqrt (- 1.0 (fma t_1 (* t_0 (expm1 (log1p t_1))) t_2))))))))double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(pow(sin((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0), 2.0) + (((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0)) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))), sqrt(1.0 - (pow(sin((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0), 2.0) + (((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0)) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))))));
}
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double t_0 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
double t_1 = sin((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0);
double t_2 = pow(((sin(phi1 / 2.0) * cos(phi2 / 2.0)) - (cos(phi1 / 2.0) * sin(phi2 / 2.0))), 2.0);
return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(fma(sin(-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1)), (t_0 * t_1), t_2)), sqrt(1.0 - fma(t_1, (t_0 * expm1(log1p(t_1))), t_2))));
}



Bits error versus R



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Initial program 24.3
Simplified24.3
Applied div-sub_binary6424.3
Applied sin-diff_binary6423.7
Applied div-sub_binary6423.7
Applied sin-diff_binary6413.8
Applied expm1-log1p-u_binary6413.8
Taylor expanded in lambda1 around -inf 13.8
Final simplification13.8
herbie shell --seed 2021224
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:name "Distance on a great circle"
:precision binary64
(* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))) (sqrt (- 1.0 (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))))))))