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)
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\\
t_1 := \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\\
t_2 := \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\\
t_3 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\
t_4 := t_3 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\
R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(t_3, t_4, {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(t_0, t_1, -t_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(t_3, t_4, {\left(t_0 \cdot t_1 - t_2\right)}^{2}\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))))))))))(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
:precision binary64
(let* ((t_0 (sin (/ phi1 2.0)))
(t_1 (cos (/ phi2 2.0)))
(t_2 (* (sin (/ phi2 2.0)) (cos (/ phi1 2.0))))
(t_3 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
(t_4 (* t_3 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))
(*
R
(*
2.0
(atan2
(sqrt (fma t_3 t_4 (pow (fma t_0 t_1 (- t_2)) 2.0)))
(sqrt (- 1.0 (fma t_3 t_4 (pow (- (* t_0 t_1) t_2) 2.0)))))))))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))))));
}
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
double t_0 = sin(phi1 / 2.0);
double t_1 = cos(phi2 / 2.0);
double t_2 = sin(phi2 / 2.0) * cos(phi1 / 2.0);
double t_3 = sin((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0);
double t_4 = t_3 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2));
return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(fma(t_3, t_4, pow(fma(t_0, t_1, -t_2), 2.0))), sqrt(1.0 - fma(t_3, t_4, pow(((t_0 * t_1) - t_2), 2.0)))));
}



Bits error versus R



Bits error versus lambda1



Bits error versus lambda2



Bits error versus phi1



Bits error versus phi2
Initial program 24.2
Simplified24.2
Applied egg23.6
Applied egg13.5
Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 13.5
Final simplification13.5
herbie shell --seed 2022125
(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))))))))))