Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 13.0 → 0.2

Time: 50.6s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 149632

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \frac{t_0 - t_1}{\frac{t_1 - t_0}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, t_0\right)}}} \end{array} \]

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
 (let* ((t_0 (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
        (t_1 (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1))))
   (atan2
    (*
     (- (* (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
     (cos phi2))
    (+
     (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
     (*
      (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))
      (/
       (- t_0 t_1)
       (/ (- t_1 t_0) (fma (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2) t_0))))))))

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) {
	double t_0 = sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2);
	double t_1 = cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1);
	return atan2((((sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * ((t_0 - t_1) / ((t_1 - t_0) / fma(cos(lambda1), cos(lambda2), t_0))))));
}

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)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))
	t_1 = Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))
	return atan(Float64(Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - Float64(cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)) * Float64(Float64(t_0 - t_1) / Float64(Float64(t_1 - t_0) / fma(cos(lambda1), cos(lambda2), t_0))))))
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_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[ArcTan[N[(N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $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[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(t$95$0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(t$95$1 - t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 13.0

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

2. Simplified 13.0

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

   [Start] 13.0	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   associate-*l* [=>] 13.0	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 6.8

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

4. Simplified 6.8

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

   [Start] 6.8	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   cancel-sign-sub-inv [<=] 6.8	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 0.2

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

6. Simplified 0.2

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

   [Start] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}} \]
   associate-*l/ [<=] 0.2	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\frac{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) - \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2} \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}} \]

7. Final simplification 0.2

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.2
Cost	97408

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

Alternative 2
Error	4.2
Cost	91144

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.00215:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}{t_1 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 5.8 \cdot 10^{-134}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	0.2
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 4
Error	4.2
Cost	84872

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0021:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}{t_1 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-135}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	7.2
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -1.9 \cdot 10^{-12} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 2.8 \cdot 10^{-32}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	6.8
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -7.5 \cdot 10^{-5} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 0.00175\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 + \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	6.8
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 8
Error	8.2
Cost	65417

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9 \cdot 10^{+14} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 2.65 \cdot 10^{-61}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	7.8
Cost	65417

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9 \cdot 10^{+14} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 3.1\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - t_0\right)}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - t_0\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	8.2
Cost	65224

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.1 \cdot 10^{-27}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	11.3
Cost	59400

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0034:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right) + 1\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - t_3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - t_3}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	11.3
Cost	52489

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0021 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 8.8 \cdot 10^{-84}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	11.3
Cost	52488

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0021:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 4 \cdot 10^{-84}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	14.1
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0022 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{-20}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	18.7
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -3300:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 46:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	18.7
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -1.55 \cdot 10^{+34}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.1 \cdot 10^{+199}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left|t_0\right|}{t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	13.2
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.32 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 31:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	18.6
Cost	52233

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -22 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 1.1\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	19.8
Cost	46217

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -20 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-56}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Error	19.7
Cost	46217

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -20 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-56}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	19.3
Cost	45833

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.1 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.4 \cdot 10^{-20}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22
Error	22.3
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 23
Error	33.1
Cost	32776

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 8000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24
Error	33.1
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 25
Error	33.8
Cost	26441

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.3 \cdot 10^{-23} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 2.1 \cdot 10^{-61}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 26
Error	33.5
Cost	26372

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 7 \cdot 10^{+21}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 27
Error	43.8
Cost	19456

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023083 
(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))))))