Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle

Average Error: 38.8 → 0.1

Time: 18.7s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 33792

Math

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

↓

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

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) (* (cos (* 0.5 phi2)) (cos (* 0.5 phi1))))
    (* (* (sin (* 0.5 phi2)) (sin (* 0.5 phi1))) (- lambda2 lambda1)))
   (- 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) * (cos((0.5 * phi2)) * cos((0.5 * phi1)))) + ((sin((0.5 * phi2)) * sin((0.5 * phi1))) * (lambda2 - lambda1))), (phi1 - phi2));
}

Java

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

↓

public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.hypot((((lambda1 - lambda2) * (Math.cos((0.5 * phi2)) * Math.cos((0.5 * phi1)))) + ((Math.sin((0.5 * phi2)) * Math.sin((0.5 * phi1))) * (lambda2 - lambda1))), (phi1 - phi2));
}

Python

def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.sqrt(((((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * ((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))

↓

def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.hypot((((lambda1 - lambda2) * (math.cos((0.5 * phi2)) * math.cos((0.5 * phi1)))) + ((math.sin((0.5 * phi2)) * math.sin((0.5 * phi1))) * (lambda2 - lambda1))), (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(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * Float64(cos(Float64(0.5 * phi2)) * cos(Float64(0.5 * phi1)))) + Float64(Float64(sin(Float64(0.5 * phi2)) * sin(Float64(0.5 * phi1))) * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * sqrt(((((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
end

↓

function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * hypot((((lambda1 - lambda2) * (cos((0.5 * phi2)) * cos((0.5 * phi1)))) + ((sin((0.5 * phi2)) * sin((0.5 * phi1))) * (lambda2 - lambda1))), (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[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[N[(0.5 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(0.5 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Sin[N[(0.5 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(0.5 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 38.8

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

2. Simplified 3.6

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

3. Applied egg-rr 3.6

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

4. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

5. Applied egg-rr 0.1

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

6. Final simplification 0.1

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	8.9
Cost	33672

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) - \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+219}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 \cdot t_0, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.151277563286786 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_2 \cdot t_0, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	3.4
Cost	33540

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+219}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) - \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	3.7
Cost	20224

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

Alternative 4
Error	16.9
Cost	13704

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.002018389481817784:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.729697867933024 \cdot 10^{-81}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	17.2
Cost	13572

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.5299720715845487 \cdot 10^{-90}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	24.0
Cost	6916

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.0415843463498211 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	13.6
Cost	6912

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

Alternative 8
Error	45.1
Cost	716

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.733406449370317 \cdot 10^{+36}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 4.492038559114813 \cdot 10^{+59}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \lambda_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 8 \cdot 10^{+184}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \lambda_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	48.3
Cost	456

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 2.0957141300264374 \cdot 10^{-140}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(-\phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 9.807658047382188 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \lambda_2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	50.6
Cost	324

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 9.807658047382188 \cdot 10^{-76}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \lambda_2\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	54.2
Cost	192

\[R \cdot \phi_2 \]

Reproduce

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