Midpoint on a great circle

Average Error: 0.9 → 0.2

Time: 24.6s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 78208

Math

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

↓

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

FPCore

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))

↓

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (*
    (cos phi2)
    (- (* (cos lambda2) (sin lambda1)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2))))
   (+
    (cos phi1)
    (*
     (cos phi2)
     (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1))))))))

C

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

↓

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * ((cos(lambda2) * sin(lambda1)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))))));
}

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

Java

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + Math.atan2((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (Math.cos(phi1) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

↓

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + Math.atan2((Math.cos(phi2) * ((Math.cos(lambda2) * Math.sin(lambda1)) - (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)))), (Math.cos(phi1) + (Math.cos(phi2) * ((Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)) + (Math.cos(lambda2) * Math.cos(lambda1))))));
}

Python

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return lambda1 + math.atan2((math.cos(phi2) * math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (math.cos(phi1) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))

↓

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return lambda1 + math.atan2((math.cos(phi2) * ((math.cos(lambda2) * math.sin(lambda1)) - (math.cos(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)))), (math.cos(phi1) + (math.cos(phi2) * ((math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)) + (math.cos(lambda2) * math.cos(lambda1))))))

Julia

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

↓

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

MATLAB

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

↓

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

Wolfram

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

↓

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 0.9

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

2. Applied egg-rr 0.9

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

3. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

4. Final simplification 0.2

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.6
Cost	71808

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

Alternative 2
Error	0.9
Cost	58368

\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1\right)\right)\right)} \]

Alternative 3
Error	0.9
Cost	45568

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

Alternative 4
Error	13.5
Cost	39300

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\cos \phi_2 \leq -0.23:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \phi_1 \cdot \phi_1, 1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	13.3
Cost	39300

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\cos \phi_2 \leq -0.23:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \phi_1 \cdot \phi_1, 1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	0.9
Cost	39296

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

Alternative 7
Error	13.5
Cost	39172

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\cos \phi_2 \leq -0.23:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \mathsf{fma}\left(-0.5, \phi_1 \cdot \phi_1, 1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_2 + \cos \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	1.3
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 9
Error	6.2
Cost	33544

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \phi_1 + \left(\phi_2 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right) + 1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -31.65353846934217:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.20118679254217664:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	7.9
Cost	33160

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.52555156627318 \cdot 10^{+40}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.20118679254217664:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	10.2
Cost	33096

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.2354354602481884 \cdot 10^{+102}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.044041460683587226:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	17.3
Cost	26632

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -58183225.37062231:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_2 + 1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 8.190671920769731 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + 1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	17.3
Cost	26632

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + 1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -4.0573077840155234 \cdot 10^{-22}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 8.190671920769731 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	23.2
Cost	26504

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_1 + 1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -7.769450610965725 \cdot 10^{-178}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 5.145069359374701 \cdot 10^{-171}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \lambda_2 + \cos \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	19.7
Cost	26504

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_2 + 1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -7.769450610965725 \cdot 10^{-178}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 5.145069359374701 \cdot 10^{-171}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \lambda_2 + \cos \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	26.9
Cost	26112

\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \lambda_2 + \cos \phi_1} \]

Alternative 17
Error	26.9
Cost	19712

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022313 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Midpoint on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))