Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 13.8 → 0.2

Time: 50.0s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 169216

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \frac{{\cos \lambda_1}^{3} \cdot {\cos \lambda_2}^{3} + {t_0}^{3}}{t_0 \cdot \left(t_0 - t_1\right) + {t_1}^{2}}} \end{array} \]

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
 (let* ((t_0 (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
        (t_1 (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1))))
   (atan2
    (*
     (- (* (cos lambda2) (sin lambda1)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
     (cos phi2))
    (-
     (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
     (*
      (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))
      (/
       (+ (* (pow (cos lambda1) 3.0) (pow (cos lambda2) 3.0)) (pow t_0 3.0))
       (+ (* t_0 (- t_0 t_1)) (pow t_1 2.0))))))))

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) {
	double t_0 = sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2);
	double t_1 = cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1);
	return atan2((((cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * (((pow(cos(lambda1), 3.0) * pow(cos(lambda2), 3.0)) + pow(t_0, 3.0)) / ((t_0 * (t_0 - t_1)) + pow(t_1, 2.0))))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end function

↓

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    t_0 = sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)
    t_1 = cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)
    code = atan2((((cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * ((((cos(lambda1) ** 3.0d0) * (cos(lambda2) ** 3.0d0)) + (t_0 ** 3.0d0)) / ((t_0 * (t_0 - t_1)) + (t_1 ** 2.0d0))))))
end function

Java

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.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2);
	double t_1 = Math.cos(lambda2) * Math.cos(lambda1);
	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.cos(phi2) * Math.sin(phi1)) * (((Math.pow(Math.cos(lambda1), 3.0) * Math.pow(Math.cos(lambda2), 3.0)) + Math.pow(t_0, 3.0)) / ((t_0 * (t_0 - t_1)) + Math.pow(t_1, 2.0))))));
}

Python

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, 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)))))

↓

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)
	t_1 = math.cos(lambda2) * math.cos(lambda1)
	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.cos(phi2) * math.sin(phi1)) * (((math.pow(math.cos(lambda1), 3.0) * math.pow(math.cos(lambda2), 3.0)) + math.pow(t_0, 3.0)) / ((t_0 * (t_0 - t_1)) + math.pow(t_1, 2.0))))))

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)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))
	t_1 = Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))
	return atan(Float64(Float64(Float64(cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - Float64(cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * Float64(Float64(Float64((cos(lambda1) ^ 3.0) * (cos(lambda2) ^ 3.0)) + (t_0 ^ 3.0)) / Float64(Float64(t_0 * Float64(t_0 - t_1)) + (t_1 ^ 2.0))))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
end

↓

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2);
	t_1 = cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1);
	tmp = atan2((((cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * ((((cos(lambda1) ^ 3.0) * (cos(lambda2) ^ 3.0)) + (t_0 ^ 3.0)) / ((t_0 * (t_0 - t_1)) + (t_1 ^ 2.0))))));
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_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $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[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[(N[Power[N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision], 3.0], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision], 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[t$95$0, 3.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(t$95$0 * N[(t$95$0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[t$95$1, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 13.8

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

2. Applied egg-rr 7.1

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

3. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

4. Applied egg-rr 0.2

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \frac{{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{3} + {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}}{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + {\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 0.2

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \frac{\color{blue}{{\cos \lambda_1}^{3} \cdot {\cos \lambda_2}^{3}} + {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + {\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}} \]

6. Final simplification 0.2

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \frac{{\cos \lambda_1}^{3} \cdot {\cos \lambda_2}^{3} + {\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + {\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.2
Cost	162752

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \frac{{t_0}^{3} + {t_1}^{3}}{t_0 \cdot \left(t_0 - t_1\right) + {t_1}^{2}}} \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	0.2
Cost	97472

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

Alternative 3
Error	0.2
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 4
Error	7.6
Cost	71816

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1738984710539.7346:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 4.3111042594723446 \cdot 10^{-15}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 + \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	7.3
Cost	71816

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -70464.86049377754:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 0.0029330652961891733:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 + \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	7.1
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 7
Error	8.8
Cost	65416

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -179620.51169880046:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{\mathsf{fma}\left(t_0, -t_1, t_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 3.6004342330012886 \cdot 10^{+38}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_2 - t_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	9.4
Cost	58692

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.3563075486819307 \cdot 10^{-66}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{\mathsf{fma}\left(t_0, -t_1, t_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.2058504352550997 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_2 - t_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	15.4
Cost	52624

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_3 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot t_2}\\ t_4 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.3563075486819307 \cdot 10^{-66}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_3\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.2058504352550997 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 7.441330001530752 \cdot 10^{+114}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_4\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 4.8933514341043845 \cdot 10^{+269}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_3\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_4\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	9.4
Cost	52488

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.3563075486819307 \cdot 10^{-66}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.2058504352550997 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	15.3
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1738984710539.7346:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 4.3111042594723446 \cdot 10^{-15}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	13.8
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1738984710539.7346:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 0.00037063347222109923:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_1 - t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	17.6
Cost	45960

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.3563075486819307 \cdot 10^{-66}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.2058504352550997 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	18.4
Cost	45704

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(-\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.312411011783735 \cdot 10^{-23}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.2058504352550997 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	22.7
Cost	33032

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -368.0534399740313:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.0004132741454007803:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	23.9
Cost	32968

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(-\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.312411011783735 \cdot 10^{-23}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 7.254731781693848 \cdot 10^{-16}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	36.5
Cost	26184

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -70464.86049377754:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 9.255081522747392 \cdot 10^{-46}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	39.8
Cost	26120

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.8603548436510756 \cdot 10^{+40}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.103367820462259 \cdot 10^{+31}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	33.1
Cost	25984

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

Alternative 20
Error	45.5
Cost	19656

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{-\sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -1.7055295122619458 \cdot 10^{-62}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 7.964185549485161 \cdot 10^{-63}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	44.0
Cost	19456

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

Alternative 22
Error	48.7
Cost	19328

\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1}{\sin \phi_2} \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022228 
(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))))))