Average Error: 0.8 → 0.8
Time: 20.6s
Precision: binary64
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
↓
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
\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 \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_2, \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) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (fma (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2) (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) * sin(lambda1 - lambda2)), fma(cos(lambda1 - lambda2), cos(phi2), cos(phi1)));
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.8

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

  2. Simplified0.8

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

  3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around inf 0.8

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

  4. Simplified0.8

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

  5. Final simplification0.8

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022072 
(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)))))))