Spherical law of cosines

Average Error: 16.7 → 3.8

Time: 34.1s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 71488

Math

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

↓

\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]

FPCore

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))
  R))

↓

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (*
     (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2))
     (+
      (expm1 (log1p (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))))
      (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))))
  R))

C

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}

↓

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (expm1(log1p((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))) * R;
}

Java

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

↓

public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (Math.expm1(Math.log1p((Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)))) + (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.cos(lambda2)))))) * R;
}

Python

def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R

↓

def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (math.expm1(math.log1p((math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)))) + (math.cos(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)))))) * R

Julia

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R)
end

↓

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(expm1(log1p(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))) * R)
end

Wolfram

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(Exp[N[Log[1 + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.7

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

2. Applied egg-rr 3.8

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

3. Applied egg-rr 3.8

   \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]

4. Final simplification 3.8

   \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	3.8
Cost	58688

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

Alternative 2
Error	10.4
Cost	58564

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.016472351996522167:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} + -1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2474095.60134856:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t_0, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	23.5
Cost	39236

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.5971439932790448:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	16.7
Cost	39232

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

Alternative 5
Error	31.7
Cost	39108

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.0765056710173757:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	31.7
Cost	32836

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.0765056710173757:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	41.1
Cost	26948

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ t_1 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 4.537097933006187 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0 + t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	49.0
Cost	26308

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.5971439932790448:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	46.7
Cost	20036

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 4.537097933006187 \cdot 10^{-40}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0 + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	53.1
Cost	19780

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.5971439932790448:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \lambda_1 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \lambda_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	51.9
Cost	13376

\[R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right) \]

Reproduce

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(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  :precision binary64
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))