Average Error: 0.9 → 0.2
Time: 16.0s
Precision: binary64
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
↓
\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1}{\sin \lambda_2} - \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}
↓
\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1}{\sin \lambda_2} - \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1\right)}

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

Error

Bits error versus lambda1

Bits error versus lambda2

Bits error versus phi1

Bits error versus phi2

Derivation

  1. Initial program 0.9

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

  2. Applied egg-rr0.8

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

  3. Applied egg-rr0.2

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

  4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around inf 0.2

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

  5. Simplified0.2

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

  6. Final simplification0.2

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022127 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Midpoint on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))