Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle

Average Error: 38.3 → 0.1

Time: 13.1s

Precision: binary64

Math

\[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]

↓

\[R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

FPCore

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (sqrt
   (+
    (*
     (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))
     (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))))
    (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))

↓

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (hypot
   (*
    (- lambda1 lambda2)
    (fma
     (cos (* phi1 0.5))
     (cos (* 0.5 phi2))
     (* (sin (* 0.5 phi2)) (- (sin (* phi1 0.5))))))
   (- phi1 phi2))))

C

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * sqrt(((((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}

↓

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * fma(cos((phi1 * 0.5)), cos((0.5 * phi2)), (sin((0.5 * phi2)) * -sin((phi1 * 0.5))))), (phi1 - phi2));
}

Julia

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * sqrt(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * Float64(phi1 - phi2)))))
end

↓

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * fma(cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)), cos(Float64(0.5 * phi2)), Float64(sin(Float64(0.5 * phi2)) * Float64(-sin(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)))))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end

Wolfram

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(0.5 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[N[(0.5 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * (-N[Sin[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

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 38.3

   \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]

2. Simplified 3.5

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 3.5

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

4. Applied egg-rr 3.5

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

5. Applied egg-rr 0.1

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) - \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

6. Applied egg-rr 0.1

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

7. Final simplification 0.1

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

Reproduce

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(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (sqrt (+ (* (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))