Average Error: 13.3 → 0.4
Time: 19.5s
Precision: binary64
\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
↓
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sqrt[3]{{t_0}^{3} \cdot {\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{3}} + t_0 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (atan2
  (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2))
  (-
   (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
   (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))
↓
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))))
   (atan2
    (*
     (- (* (cos lambda2) (sin lambda1)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
     (cos phi2))
    (-
     (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
     (+
      (cbrt (* (pow t_0 3.0) (pow (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1)) 3.0)))
      (* t_0 (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))))))))
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}
↓
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos(phi2) * sin(phi1);
	return atan2((((cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - (cbrt((pow(t_0, 3.0) * pow((cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)), 3.0))) + (t_0 * (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))));
}

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return Math.atan2((Math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * Math.cos(phi2)), ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) - ((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}
↓
public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos(phi2) * Math.sin(phi1);
	return Math.atan2((((Math.cos(lambda2) * Math.sin(lambda1)) - (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2))) * Math.cos(phi2)), ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) - (Math.cbrt((Math.pow(t_0, 3.0) * Math.pow((Math.cos(lambda2) * Math.cos(lambda1)), 3.0))) + (t_0 * (Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2))))));
}

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return atan(Float64(sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end
↓
function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(phi1))
	return atan(Float64(Float64(Float64(cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - Float64(cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - Float64(cbrt(Float64((t_0 ^ 3.0) * (Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)) ^ 3.0))) + Float64(t_0 * Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))))
end

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[ArcTan[N[(N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]
↓
code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[ArcTan[N[(N[(N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Power[N[(N[Power[t$95$0, 3.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 1/3], $MachinePrecision] + N[(t$95$0 * N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}
↓
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\
\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sqrt[3]{{t_0}^{3} \cdot {\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{3}} + t_0 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}
\end{array}

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Derivation

  1. Initial program 13.3

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

  2. Applied egg-rr6.9

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

  3. Applied egg-rr0.2

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

  4. Applied egg-rr0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}^{3} \cdot {\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3}}} + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

  5. Final simplification0.4

    \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}^{3} \cdot {\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{3}} + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

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herbie shell --seed 2022206 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Bearing on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))