Spherical law of cosines

Average Error: 17.1 → 4.1

Time: 44.6s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 71616

Math

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

↓

\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} + -1\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]

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))
     (+
      (+ (exp (log1p (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))) -1.0)
      (* (cos lambda1) (cos 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)) * ((exp(log1p((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))) + -1.0) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))) * R;
}

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.exp(Math.log1p((Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)))) + -1.0) + (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.cos(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.exp(math.log1p((math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)))) + -1.0) + (math.cos(lambda1) * math.cos(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(exp(log1p(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))) + -1.0) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(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[Exp[N[Log[1 + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 17.1

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

2. Applied egg-rr 4.0

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

3. Applied egg-rr 4.1

   \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} - 1\right)} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]

4. Final simplification 4.1

   \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} + -1\right) + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	4.1
Cost	58944

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

Alternative 2
Error	4.0
Cost	58688

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

Alternative 3
Error	10.7
Cost	52552

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 6.2 \cdot 10^{-30}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(-1 + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}\right) + t_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	10.8
Cost	52552

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.00021:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.45:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(-1 + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}\right) + t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	16.7
Cost	52424

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2.35 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(-1 + e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}\right) + t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	16.6
Cost	52228

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-174}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2.1 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	16.6
Cost	45769

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-174} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 2.1 \cdot 10^{-38}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	16.6
Cost	39625

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.7 \cdot 10^{-174} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 2.1 \cdot 10^{-38}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	30.1
Cost	39377

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{+224}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{+81}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.006 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.019\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	23.9
Cost	39369

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.6 \cdot 10^{-21} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-28}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	23.7
Cost	39236

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -7.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + t_0 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + t_0 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	17.1
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 13
Error	28.5
Cost	39112

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.00031:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.06:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	32.6
Cost	39108

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	30.1
Cost	38980

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -5.4 \cdot 10^{+225}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{+83}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0102 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.015\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	30.1
Cost	32964

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.4 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.065:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	29.9
Cost	32841

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0038 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.00086\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	43.3
Cost	26440

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.05 \cdot 10^{-199}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 7.2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	37.2
Cost	26436

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.4 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Error	49.6
Cost	26308

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.46:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	43.8
Cost	26308

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 7.2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22
Error	51.8
Cost	19908

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.06 \cdot 10^{-20}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 23
Error	50.8
Cost	19908

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.46:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24
Error	48.0
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 25
Error	52.7
Cost	13376

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023025 
(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))