Spherical law of cosines

Average Error: 16.2 → 3.5

Time: 33.2s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 58688

Math

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

↓

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

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))
     (+ (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)) (* (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)) * ((cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))) * R;
}

Fortran

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

↓

real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * ((cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))) * r
end function

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.cos(lambda1) * Math.cos(lambda2)) + (Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(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.cos(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)) + (math.sin(lambda1) * math.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)) * Float64(Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))) * R)
end

MATLAB

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

↓

function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * ((cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + (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[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.2

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

2. Applied egg-rr 3.5

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

3. Final simplification 3.5

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	10.2
Cost	52552

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.75:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.55 \cdot 10^{-27}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t_0, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	10.3
Cost	52424

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0007:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.55 \cdot 10^{-27}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	15.8
Cost	46024

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-304}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	16.9
Cost	45768

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.8 \cdot 10^{-88}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t_0, t_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	16.9
Cost	39497

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9 \cdot 10^{-12} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq -8.8 \cdot 10^{-88}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	26.4
Cost	39240

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 0.00044:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.1 \cdot 10^{+175}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	23.0
Cost	39236

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + t_0 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + t_0 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	28.0
Cost	39108

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.14 \cdot 10^{+24}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 21:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	29.1
Cost	33360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + t_1\right)\\ t_3 := R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -4.8 \cdot 10^{+268}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.25 \cdot 10^{+202}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_3\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+17}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_2\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 2700000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_3\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	29.1
Cost	33097

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{+72} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 3\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	29.0
Cost	32841

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-5} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.056\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	38.3
Cost	32580

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{+126}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.035:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	42.3
Cost	26436

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-124}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	44.0
Cost	26180

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 35000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	47.5
Cost	20420

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-124}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	47.4
Cost	20036

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-124}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	53.4
Cost	19780

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -7.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \lambda_1 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \lambda_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	51.2
Cost	19776

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

Alternative 19
Error	52.4
Cost	13376

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022343 
(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))