Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 13.5 → 0.2

Time: 35.8s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 97472

Math

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

↓

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

FPCore

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (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(Float64(cos(phi2) * 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[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $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]

Derivation

1. Initial program 13.5

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

2. Applied egg-rr 6.8

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

3. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

4. Final simplification 0.2

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.2
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 2
Error	3.7
Cost	85385

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.00195 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 3.1 \cdot 10^{-63}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0 - t_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_2 - t_3 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(t_0 - t_1\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}{t_2 - t_3 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	3.9
Cost	84873

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -3200 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-63}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0 - t_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_2 - t_3 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0 - t_1}{t_2 - t_3 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	6.8
Cost	78208

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

Alternative 5
Error	6.8
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.000104 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 1.25 \cdot 10^{-5}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	6.8
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	7.9
Cost	65417

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -480000 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.32\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	8.2
Cost	65289

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -480000 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.32\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	8.2
Cost	52488

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -480000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.32:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	19.2
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -7 \cdot 10^{+92} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 0.0027\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	16.7
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.2 \cdot 10^{+31} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 1950\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(1 + \left(-1 - \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	14.2
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+78} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 0.0027\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	13.5
Cost	52224

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

Alternative 14
Error	13.5
Cost	52224

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

Alternative 15
Error	22.2
Cost	45952

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

Alternative 16
Error	28.6
Cost	45833

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 1.55 \cdot 10^{+47}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	22.5
Cost	45833

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -4.3 \cdot 10^{+78} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 23000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	22.2
Cost	45696

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

Alternative 19
Error	25.3
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 20
Error	31.3
Cost	39940

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -30000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}{\phi_2 \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right) - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \left|t_0\right|}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
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 22
Error	43.4
Cost	32640

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

Alternative 23
Error	33.2
Cost	32640

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023027 
(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))))))