Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 13.2 → 0.2

Time: 45.8s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 97408

Math

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

↓

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

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 13.2

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

2. Simplified 13.2

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

   [Start] 13.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   associate-*l* [=>] 13.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 6.7

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

4. Simplified 6.7

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

   [Start] 6.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   cancel-sign-sub-inv [<=] 6.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   fma-neg [=>] 6.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 6.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   distribute-lft-neg-in [=>] 6.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \color{blue}{\left(-\sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   sin-neg [<=] 6.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \color{blue}{\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

6. Simplified 0.2

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

   [Start] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   distribute-lft-out [=>] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} \]
   *-commutative [<=] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]
   fma-def [=>] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} \]

7. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around inf 0.2

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

8. Simplified 0.2

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

   [Start] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]
   +-commutative [=>] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]
   sin-neg [=>] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]
   cancel-sign-sub-inv [<=] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1} - \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]

9. Final simplification 0.2

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	3.6
Cost	91144

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0285:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-32}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Error	0.2
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 3
Error	3.6
Cost	84872

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -11:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-32}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	6.7
Cost	78016

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

Alternative 5
Error	6.9
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -3.9 \cdot 10^{-15} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-7}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right) + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \lambda_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	6.8
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -14600 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-6}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 1\right) - \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 + \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	10.6
Cost	71753

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.85 \cdot 10^{-21} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 9.8 \cdot 10^{-5}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	7.4
Cost	71753

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9.5 \cdot 10^{-10} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 9 \cdot 10^{-26}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, t_0\right)}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_0\right)}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	6.7
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 10
Error	11.0
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -4.3 \cdot 10^{-16}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	11.0
Cost	52489

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -4.3 \cdot 10^{-16} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 1.42 \cdot 10^{-6}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	11.0
Cost	52488

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -3.1 \cdot 10^{-16}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 4.6 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	18.8
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -4.5 \cdot 10^{-14} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 7 \cdot 10^{+36}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	13.5
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -25 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 7 \cdot 10^{+36}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	13.5
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -3.1 \cdot 10^{+30} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-6}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	13.9
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000215:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 4.3 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	21.5
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 18
Error	33.6
Cost	39944

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.15 \cdot 10^{+45}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{\left(\left(t_0 + 1\right) + -1\right) - t_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.55 \cdot 10^{-242}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 1\right) - \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}{\sin \phi_2 - t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	32.4
Cost	39300

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

Alternative 20
Error	32.3
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 21
Error	33.1
Cost	32644

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3 \cdot 10^{-32}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22
Error	32.8
Cost	32640

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

Alternative 23
Error	33.7
Cost	26441

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.8 \cdot 10^{-161} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-115}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(-\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24
Error	33.2
Cost	26372

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

Alternative 25
Error	43.4
Cost	19456

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023076 
(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))))))