Average Error: 13.4 → 0.2
Time: 22.2s
Precision: binary64
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
↓
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right) - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
\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)}
↓
\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right) - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}

(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
 (atan2
  (*
   (- (* (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
   (cos phi2))
  (-
   (expm1 (log1p (* (sin phi2) (cos phi1))))
   (*
    (sin phi1)
    (*
     (cos phi2)
     (fma (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))))))))
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))));
}
↓
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return atan2((((sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), (expm1(log1p(sin(phi2) * cos(phi1))) - (sin(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))));
}

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 13.4

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

  2. Applied sin-diff_binary646.9

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

  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 associate-*l*_binary640.2

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

  6. Simplified0.2

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

  7. Applied expm1-log1p-u_binary640.2

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

  8. Simplified0.2

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

  9. Final simplification0.2

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right) - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022097 
(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))))))