Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 13.1 → 0.2

Time: 43.9s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 97472

Math

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

↓

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

FPCore

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

↓

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

C

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

↓

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

Julia

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

↓

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

Wolfram

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

↓

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[ArcTan[N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * (-N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sin[phi1], $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 13.1

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

2. Applied egg-rr 6.5

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

3. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around inf 0.2

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

5. Final simplification 0.2

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	3.7
Cost	91208

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := t_1 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -5.2 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 10^{-26}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	0.2
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 3
Error	6.5
Cost	78016

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

Alternative 4
Error	6.6
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-5} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{-18}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 + \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	7.6
Cost	71752

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.00045:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 3.4 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	6.5
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 7
Error	7.7
Cost	65352

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_1\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	7.5
Cost	65352

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 3.4 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	7.7
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.15 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 3.4 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_1\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	7.7
Cost	59017

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.6 \cdot 10^{-8} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 3.4 \cdot 10^{-30}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	18.8
Cost	52364

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_3 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -390000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;t_3\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.55 \cdot 10^{-121}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(-1 + \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 5.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_3\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	18.6
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.00011 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 5.5 \cdot 10^{-28}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	13.5
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -32000 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{+29}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	16.0
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -19:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.6 \cdot 10^{+29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	13.4
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -16:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_1 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{+29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	13.1
Cost	52224

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

Alternative 17
Error	19.9
Cost	46601

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+43} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 10^{-27}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(-1 + \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	19.8
Cost	46217

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+43} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 10^{-27}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	28.8
Cost	45833

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -4300 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 1.36 \cdot 10^{+169}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Error	21.6
Cost	45832

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -4.3 \cdot 10^{+24}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 0.65:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	21.5
Cost	45832

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -16:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{+29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22
Error	24.7
Cost	45568

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

Alternative 23
Error	33.2
Cost	39296

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

Alternative 24
Error	44.0
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 25
Error	33.2
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 26
Error	33.2
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 27
Error	49.4
Cost	32640

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

Alternative 28
Error	44.0
Cost	32640

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022343 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Bearing on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))