Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 21.09% → 0.27%

Time: 45.3s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 103744

Math

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

↓

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

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) (* (sin lambda2) (- (cos lambda1))))
   (cos phi2))
  (-
   (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
   (*
    (fma (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2) (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1)))
    (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))))))

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), (sin(lambda2) * -cos(lambda1))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - (fma(sin(lambda1), sin(lambda2), (cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))) * (cos(phi2) * sin(phi1)))));
}

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 21.09

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

2. Simplified 21.09

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

   [Start] 21.09	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   associate-*l* [=>] 21.09	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 10.91

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

4. Applied egg-rr 0.27

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

5. Simplified 0.27

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

   [Start] 0.27	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   distribute-lft-out [=>] 0.27	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} \]
   *-commutative [<=] 0.27	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]
   +-commutative [=>] 0.27	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}} \]
   fma-def [=>] 0.27	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}} \]

6. Final simplification 0.27

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.27%
Cost	97472

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

Alternative 2
Error	0.28%
Cost	97408

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

Alternative 3
Error	5.56%
Cost	91208

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ t_2 := \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0034:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 6300:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Error	0.27%
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 5
Error	5.56%
Cost	84872

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.00192:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 6300:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	10.91%
Cost	78016

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

Alternative 7
Error	11.25%
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -130 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 2.35 \cdot 10^{-23}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	13.07%
Cost	71752

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0245:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-41}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}{t_0 - \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	10.91%
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 10
Error	13.1%
Cost	65352

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0055:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-41}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}{t_0 - \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	13.23%
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0055:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 10^{-49}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}{t_0 - \mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	13.1%
Cost	65156

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0055:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_3\right)\right)}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-41}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_3}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	13.1%
Cost	59017

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0055 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-41}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	21.21%
Cost	52424

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -0.00042:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 0.0295:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	29.31%
Cost	52364

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -8.5 \cdot 10^{-35}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 1.15 \cdot 10^{-222}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 780000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	21.37%
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -21 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 0.027\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	21.22%
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -0.000105:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 0.006:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	29.62%
Cost	52233

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{+45} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 520000000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	21.09%
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 20
Error	34.46%
Cost	45896

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -4.2 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 0.49:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	34.35%
Cost	45896

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -0.000108:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_2 \leq 0.029:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22
Error	44.09%
Cost	45833

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.0034\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 23
Error	34.27%
Cost	45833

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.7 \cdot 10^{+43} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 0.54\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24
Error	34.28%
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 25
Error	39.33%
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 26
Error	52.37%
Cost	39296

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

Alternative 27
Error	52.5%
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 28
Error	52.47%
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 29
Error	76.09%
Cost	32640

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

Alternative 30
Error	68.3%
Cost	32640

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023090 
(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))))))