Spherical law of cosines

Average Error: 16.7 → 3.9

Time: 54.6s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 77888

Math

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

↓

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

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))
     (fma
      (cos lambda2)
      (cos lambda1)
      (log (+ 1.0 (expm1 (* (sin lambda1) (sin 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)) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), log((1.0 + expm1((sin(lambda1) * sin(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)) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), log(Float64(1.0 + expm1(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(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[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[Log[N[(1.0 + N[(Exp[N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]), $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

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

3. Applied egg-rr 3.9

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

4. Final simplification 3.9

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	3.9
Cost	71616

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

Alternative 2
Error	3.8
Cost	64960

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

Alternative 3
Error	3.8
Cost	64960

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

Alternative 4
Error	11.0
Cost	58696

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9585350919953824:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_1 \cdot t_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 4.277361544633585 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + t_1 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	3.8
Cost	58688

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

Alternative 6
Error	11.0
Cost	58436

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9585350919953824:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_1 \cdot t_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 4.277361544633585 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + t_1 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	10.9
Cost	52424

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9585350919953824:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0, t_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 4.277361544633585 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	10.5
Cost	52296

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0006030468575203039:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, t_0, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 3.6183373867246354 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	16.3
Cost	46024

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.741509196810298 \cdot 10^{-108}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, t_0, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 5.863192882659922 \cdot 10^{-285}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	16.7
Cost	45504

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

Alternative 11
Error	26.9
Cost	39236

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 8.456205608124801 \cdot 10^{-17}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\cos \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	23.4
Cost	39236

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 8.456205608124801 \cdot 10^{-17}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
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 14
Error	32.2
Cost	33220

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.819999772799668 \cdot 10^{-21}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\cos \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	33.1
Cost	32836

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 53845392808301.91:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	32.3
Cost	32836

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.819999772799668 \cdot 10^{-21}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	39.2
Cost	32708

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 625038820788596.3:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	40.9
Cost	32708

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.6786414444721928 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	35.2
Cost	32708

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 53845392808301.91:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Error	42.9
Cost	26436

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.118821920860418 \cdot 10^{+40}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	49.9
Cost	26308

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 4.959162279740298 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \lambda_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22
Error	49.2
Cost	26308

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.6786414444721928 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 23
Error	45.9
Cost	26304

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

Alternative 24
Error	53.3
Cost	19780

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 4.959162279740298 \cdot 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \lambda_1 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \lambda_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 25
Error	50.7
Cost	19776

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

Alternative 26
Error	52.0
Cost	13376

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022297 
(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))