Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 13.5 → 0.2

Time: 1.0min

Precision: binary64

Cost: 91392

Math

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

↓

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

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
  (*
   (-
    (/ 1.0 (/ 1.0 (* (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
    (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
   (cos phi2))
  (-
   (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
   (*
    (sin phi1)
    (*
     (cos phi2)
     (+ (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1)) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))))))))

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((((1.0 / (1.0 / (sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - (sin(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end function

↓

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = atan2((((1.0d0 / (1.0d0 / (sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - (sin(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))))
end function

Java

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

↓

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return Math.atan2((((1.0 / (1.0 / (Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.cos(lambda2)))) - (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2))) * Math.cos(phi2)), ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) - (Math.sin(phi1) * (Math.cos(phi2) * ((Math.cos(lambda2) * Math.cos(lambda1)) + (Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)))))));
}

Python

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.atan2((math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * math.cos(phi2)), ((math.cos(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) - ((math.sin(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))

↓

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.atan2((((1.0 / (1.0 / (math.sin(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)))) - (math.cos(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2))) * math.cos(phi2)), ((math.cos(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) - (math.sin(phi1) * (math.cos(phi2) * ((math.cos(lambda2) * math.cos(lambda1)) + (math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)))))))

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(Float64(Float64(1.0 / Float64(1.0 / Float64(sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) - Float64(cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - Float64(sin(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)) + Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
end

↓

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = atan2((((1.0 / (1.0 / (sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - (sin(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)) + (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))));
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[(1.0 / N[(1.0 / N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $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[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $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. Simplified 13.5

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

   [Start] 13.5	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   associate-*l* [=>] 13.5	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 6.9

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

4. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

5. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

6. Final simplification 0.2

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.2
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 2
Error	3.7
Cost	85128

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_4 := \left(\frac{1}{\frac{1}{t_3}} - t_0\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -26000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_3 - t_0\right)}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 6 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_4}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_4}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	3.8
Cost	78344

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_2 - t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -26000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\frac{1}{\frac{1}{t_2}} - t_0\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	6.9
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.4 \cdot 10^{-5} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 4.5 \cdot 10^{-7}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 + \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	7.9
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{+42} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-48}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - t_0\right)}{t_1 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - t_0\right)}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	6.9
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 7
Error	6.9
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 8
Error	7.7
Cost	65417

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.5 \cdot 10^{-8} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.35\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_0 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	7.7
Cost	65417

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-8} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.35\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_0 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	8.0
Cost	65416

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_3\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_0\right)} + -1\right) - t_3}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	7.8
Cost	65416

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ t_3 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -5.2 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - t_3\right)}{t_0 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - t_3\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_0\right)} + -1\right) - t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	8.0
Cost	65289

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.1 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.35\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	8.0
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.1 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right) - t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	8.0
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - t_3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_3\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	8.0
Cost	58888

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -6 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	8.0
Cost	58760

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	8.0
Cost	58760

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	9.0
Cost	52489

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-8} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-70}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2 - \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	9.0
Cost	52488

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2 - \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Error	13.7
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -3.9 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 0.00186:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2 - \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	18.7
Cost	52232

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.2 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.28 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2 - \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22
Error	18.8
Cost	46477

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -4 \cdot 10^{+140}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -5000000 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 0.0001\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 23
Error	19.1
Cost	46349

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+139}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -5000000 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 0.0001\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24
Error	19.0
Cost	46348

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -5 \cdot 10^{+134}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -5000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 0.0001:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 25
Error	19.4
Cost	45704

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.15 \cdot 10^{+65}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-70}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 26
Error	22.8
Cost	39172

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-39}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.00068:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 27
Error	22.5
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 28
Error	22.8
Cost	38916

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{-18}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.000165:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 29
Error	22.8
Cost	33033

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.35 \cdot 10^{-18} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 3.4 \cdot 10^{-5}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 30
Error	24.3
Cost	32969

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -4.4 \cdot 10^{-66} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{-11}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(-\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 31
Error	36.5
Cost	26185

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -7.8 \cdot 10^{-140} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-7}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 32
Error	40.0
Cost	26121

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -5.2 \cdot 10^{-161} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-17}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 33
Error	32.7
Cost	25984

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

Alternative 34
Error	41.9
Cost	19716

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 210000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{\phi_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 35
Error	43.6
Cost	19456

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023060 
(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))))))