Average Error: 12.8 → 0.2
Time: 22.1s
Precision: binary64
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
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\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\\ t_1 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0 - t_1 \cdot t_1\right)}{t_0 - t_1}} \end{array} \]
\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}
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\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\\
t_1 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\
\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0 - t_1 \cdot t_1\right)}{t_0 - t_1}}
\end{array}

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (atan2
  (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2))
  (-
   (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
   (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))
↓
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1)))
        (t_1 (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))))
   (atan2
    (*
     (- (* (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
     (cos phi2))
    (-
     (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
     (/
      (* (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1)) (- (* t_0 t_0) (* t_1 t_1)))
      (- t_0 t_1))))))
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return atan2((sin(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(lambda1 - lambda2))));
}
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double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1);
	double t_1 = sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2);
	return atan2((((sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - (((cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * ((t_0 * t_0) - (t_1 * t_1))) / (t_0 - t_1))));
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

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Results

Enter valid numbers for all inputs

Derivation

  1. Initial program 12.8

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

  2. Applied sin-diff_binary646.4

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

  3. Applied cos-diff_binary640.2

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

  4. Simplified0.2

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

  5. Applied flip-+_binary640.2

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

  6. Applied associate-*r/_binary640.2

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

  7. Final simplification0.2

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

Reproduce

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(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Bearing on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))