Average Error: 24.2 → 13.5
Time: 59.9s
Precision: binary64
\[[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2]) \\]
\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_4 := t_3 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(t_3, t_4, {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(t_0, t_1, -t_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(t_3, t_4, {\left(t_0 \cdot t_1 - t_2\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right) \end{array} \]
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)))));
}

Error

Bits error versus R

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 24.2

    \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
  2. Simplified24.2

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right)} \]
  3. Applied egg23.6

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]
  4. Applied egg13.5

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right), \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right), -\sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-\sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right), \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right), \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\right)\right)}}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]
  5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 13.5

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right), \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right), -\sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\right) + \color{blue}{0}\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]
  6. Final simplification13.5

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right), {\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right), \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right), -\sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

Reproduce

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))))))))))