Average Error: 24.4 → 13.9
Time: 57.2s
Precision: binary64
\[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \mathsf{fma}\left(t_0, t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_1}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - t_1\right)\right)}}\right) \end{array} \]
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{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\
t_1 := \mathsf{fma}\left(t_0, t_0 \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) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\\
R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_1}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - t_1\right)\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 (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1
         (fma
          t_0
          (* t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
          (pow
           (-
            (* (sin (/ phi1 2.0)) (cos (/ phi2 2.0)))
            (* (cos (/ phi1 2.0)) (sin (/ phi2 2.0))))
           2.0))))
   (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt t_1) (sqrt (expm1 (log1p (- 1.0 t_1)))))))))
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(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = fma(t_0, (t_0 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))), pow(((sin((phi1 / 2.0)) * cos((phi2 / 2.0))) - (cos((phi1 / 2.0)) * sin((phi2 / 2.0)))), 2.0));
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(t_1), sqrt(expm1(log1p((1.0 - t_1))))));
}

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 24.4

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

  2. Simplified24.4

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

  3. Applied div-sub_binary6424.4

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

  4. Applied sin-diff_binary6423.7

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

  5. Applied div-sub_binary6423.7

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

  6. Applied sin-diff_binary6413.9

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

  7. Applied expm1-log1p-u_binary6413.9

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

  8. Final simplification13.9

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right), {\left(\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right) - \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right) \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022160 
(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))))))))))