Average Error: 24.5 → 14.2
Time: 1.1min
Precision: binary64
\[[lambda1, lambda2]=\mathsf{sort}([lambda1, lambda2])\]
\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
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\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\\ t_3 := t_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(t_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(t_1 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\frac{1 - {t_3}^{3}}{1 + \left(t_3 + t_3 \cdot t_3\right)}}}\right) \end{array} \]
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)
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\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\
t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\
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}\\
t_3 := t_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(t_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\
R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(t_1 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\frac{1 - {t_3}^{3}}{1 + \left(t_3 + t_3 \cdot t_3\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))))))))))
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(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
        (t_2
         (pow
          (-
           (* (sin (/ phi1 2.0)) (cos (/ phi2 2.0)))
           (* (cos (/ phi1 2.0)) (sin (/ phi2 2.0))))
          2.0))
        (t_3 (+ t_2 (* t_0 (* t_1 t_0)))))
   (*
    R
    (*
     2.0
     (atan2
      (sqrt (+ t_2 (* t_0 (* t_1 (log1p (expm1 t_0))))))
      (sqrt (/ (- 1.0 (pow t_3 3.0)) (+ 1.0 (+ t_3 (* t_3 t_3))))))))))
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))))));
}
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double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0);
	double t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = pow(((sin(phi1 / 2.0) * cos(phi2 / 2.0)) - (cos(phi1 / 2.0) * sin(phi2 / 2.0))), 2.0);
	double t_3 = t_2 + (t_0 * (t_1 * t_0));
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(t_2 + (t_0 * (t_1 * log1p(expm1(t_0))))), sqrt((1.0 - pow(t_3, 3.0)) / (1.0 + (t_3 + (t_3 * t_3))))));
}

Error

Bits error versus R

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 24.5

    \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

  2. Applied div-sub_binary6424.5

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\phi_1}{2} - \frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)}}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

  3. Applied sin-diff_binary6423.9

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

  4. Applied div-sub_binary6423.9

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\phi_1}{2} - \frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)}}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

  5. Applied sin-diff_binary6414.2

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

  6. Applied log1p-expm1-u_binary6414.2

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

  7. Applied flip3--_binary6414.2

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\frac{{1}^{3} - {\left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{3}}{1 \cdot 1 + \left(\left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) + 1 \cdot \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}}}\right) \]

  8. Final simplification14.2

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\frac{1 - {\left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}^{3}}{1 + \left(\left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) + \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right) \cdot \left({\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2} + \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022055 
(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))))))))))