Spherical law of cosines

Average Error: 16.9 → 4.1

Time: 36.7s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 71488

Math

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

↓

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

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
   (fma
    (sin phi1)
    (sin phi2)
    (*
     (+
      (* (cos phi1) (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1)))
      (* (sin lambda2) (* (cos phi1) (sin lambda1))))
     (cos phi2))))
  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(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (((cos(phi1) * (cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))) + (sin(lambda2) * (cos(phi1) * sin(lambda1)))) * cos(phi2)))) * 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(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))) + Float64(sin(lambda2) * Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(lambda1)))) * cos(phi2)))) * 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[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 16.9

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

2. Simplified 16.9

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

   [Start] 16.9	\[ \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
   fma-def [=>] 16.9	\[ \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
   *-commutative [=>] 16.9	\[ \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)} \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
   associate-*l* [=>] 16.9	\[ \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]

3. Applied egg-rr 4.1

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

4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around inf 4.1

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

5. Final simplification 4.1

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	4.1
Cost	71488

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

Alternative 2
Error	4.1
Cost	58688

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

Alternative 3
Error	10.6
Cost	58436

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.065:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_0\right)\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot t_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	10.4
Cost	52424

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -5.2 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	10.6
Cost	52424

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.065:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_0\right)\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	15.7
Cost	45768

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9.8 \cdot 10^{-200}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 6.8 \cdot 10^{-190}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	15.7
Cost	39625

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9.8 \cdot 10^{-200} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-190}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	23.3
Cost	39369

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.85 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 0.0118\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	23.9
Cost	39236

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-20}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	16.9
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 11
Error	31.5
Cost	39108

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.00065:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	35.5
Cost	32964

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -80000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot t_0 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	38.9
Cost	32836

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -80000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	36.3
Cost	32832

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

Alternative 15
Error	38.9
Cost	26436

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -80000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	47.3
Cost	26308

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.7 \cdot 10^{+48}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	49.5
Cost	26308

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-20}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	46.3
Cost	26304

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

Alternative 19
Error	50.9
Cost	19908

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.1 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Error	50.7
Cost	19908

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-20}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	47.6
Cost	19904

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

Alternative 22
Error	52.5
Cost	13376

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2022354 
(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))