Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 13.3 → 0.2

Time: 47.4s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 110400

Math

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

↓

\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\left(1 - e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)} \]

FPCore

(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
 (atan2
  (*
   (fma (cos lambda2) (sin lambda1) (* (cos lambda1) (- (sin lambda2))))
   (cos phi2))
  (+
   (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
   (*
    (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))
    (-
     (- 1.0 (exp (log1p (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))))
     (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1)))))))

C

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) {
	return atan2((fma(cos(lambda2), sin(lambda1), (cos(lambda1) * -sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * ((1.0 - exp(log1p((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))) - (cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))))));
}

Julia

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)
	return atan(Float64(fma(cos(lambda2), sin(lambda1), Float64(cos(lambda1) * Float64(-sin(lambda2)))) * cos(phi2)), Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * Float64(Float64(1.0 - exp(log1p(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))) - Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))))))
end

Wolfram

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_] := N[ArcTan[N[(N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda1], $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[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(1.0 - N[Exp[N[Log[1 + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

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-rr 6.9

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

3. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

4. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

5. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

6. Final simplification 0.2

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.2
Cost	97472

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

Alternative 2
Error	3.9
Cost	91208

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9.165067004679148 \cdot 10^{+21}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 361.1307635573863:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	0.2
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 4
Error	4.6
Cost	84872

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_3 := t_1 - t_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -7.793314101009386 \cdot 10^{+21}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_3}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.2976684834843735 \cdot 10^{-50}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - t_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{t_3}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	6.9
Cost	78016

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

Alternative 6
Error	8.3
Cost	71752

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.015309829373964804:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 4.736031938583681 \cdot 10^{-51}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_2\right)\right)}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	6.9
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 8
Error	8.3
Cost	65352

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.015309829373964804:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 4.736031938583681 \cdot 10^{-51}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_2\right)\right)}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	8.3
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.015309829373964804:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 4.736031938583681 \cdot 10^{-51}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_2\right)\right)}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	8.3
Cost	59016

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.015309829373964804:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 4.736031938583681 \cdot 10^{-51}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	13.6
Cost	52488

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -5245016155114600:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 0.007532631459840393:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	18.7
Cost	52428

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_3 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(-\cos \phi_2\right)}{t_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -4.089485814718798 \cdot 10^{-47}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_3\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 9.980831390240647 \cdot 10^{-204}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_2 - t_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 214885454.20473978:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_3\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	13.5
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_1 - t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -5245016155114600:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 0.007532631459840393:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	13.5
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -5245016155114600:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_2 - t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 0.007532631459840393:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	19.7
Cost	52296

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(-\cos \phi_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -9.421056256046515 \cdot 10^{-44}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 214885454.20473978:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	13.3
Cost	52224

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

Alternative 17
Error	13.3
Cost	52224

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

Alternative 18
Error	20.0
Cost	46344

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -0.02:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 10^{-43}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	22.8
Cost	45832

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -7.793314101009386 \cdot 10^{+21}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 9.20551960759807 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{t_1 \cdot 2}}}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Error	22.3
Cost	45832

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -5245016155114600:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 0.007532631459840393:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	22.2
Cost	45696

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

Alternative 22
Error	22.8
Cost	39816

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -7.793314101009386 \cdot 10^{+21}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 9.20551960759807 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\frac{1}{\frac{2}{t_1 \cdot 2}}}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 23
Error	28.7
Cost	39040

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

Alternative 24
Error	44.3
Cost	33284

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.2359688284017812 \cdot 10^{+39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1 \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}{t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 25
Error	44.9
Cost	33280

\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \]

Alternative 26
Error	44.9
Cost	33152

\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \phi_1} \]

Alternative 27
Error	45.0
Cost	33152

\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \phi_1} \]

Alternative 28
Error	43.8
Cost	32768

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022216 
(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))))))