\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
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\\
\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_0\right) + t_0 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R
\end{array}
(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
(let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi2) (cos phi1))))
(*
(log1p
(expm1
(acos
(fma
(sin phi1)
(sin phi2)
(+
(* (cos lambda2) (* (cos lambda1) t_0))
(* t_0 (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))))))))
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) {
double t_0 = cos(phi2) * cos(phi1);
return log1p(expm1(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), ((cos(lambda2) * (cos(lambda1) * t_0)) + (t_0 * (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))))) * R;
}



Bits error versus R



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Initial program 16.6
Simplified16.6
Applied cos-diff_binary643.8
Applied distribute-rgt-in_binary643.8
Simplified3.8
Simplified3.8
Applied log1p-expm1-u_binary643.8
Final simplification3.8
herbie shell --seed 2022095
(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))