Average Error: 17.2 → 3.8
Time: 20.4s
Precision: binary64
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
↓
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R
↓
\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))
  R))
↓
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (fma
    (cos phi2)
    (*
     (fma (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
     (cos phi1))
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))))
  R))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(lambda1 - lambda2))) * R;
}
↓
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(fma(cos(phi2), (fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi1)), (sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)))) * R;
}

Error

Bits error versus R

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 17.2

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

  2. Applied cos-diff_binary643.8

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

  3. Applied add-log-exp_binary643.8

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)} \cdot R \]

  4. Simplified3.8

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

  5. Applied pow1_binary643.8

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

  6. Applied pow1_binary643.8

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

  7. Applied pow-prod-down_binary643.8

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

  8. Simplified3.8

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

  9. Final simplification3.8

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022020 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  :precision binary64
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))