Midpoint on a great circle

Average Error: 1.26% → 0.37%

Time: 27.6s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 97344

Math

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

↓

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

FPCore

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))

↓

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (*
    (cos phi2)
    (- (* (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2))))
   (+
    (cos phi1)
    (*
     (cos phi2)
     (+
      (log (pow (exp (sin lambda1)) (sin lambda2)))
      (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1))))))))

C

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

↓

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * (log(pow(exp(sin(lambda1)), sin(lambda2))) + (cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))))));
}

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 = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(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 = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * (log((exp(sin(lambda1)) ** sin(lambda2))) + (cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))))))
end function

Java

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

↓

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

Python

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

↓

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

Julia

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), Float64(cos(phi1) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))))
end

↓

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - Float64(cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))), Float64(cos(phi1) + Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(log((exp(sin(lambda1)) ^ sin(lambda2))) + Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1)))))))
end

MATLAB

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

↓

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

Wolfram

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Log[N[Power[N[Exp[N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 1.26

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

2. Applied egg-rr 1.19

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

3. Applied egg-rr 0.37

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

4. Applied egg-rr 0.37

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

5. Final simplification 0.37

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.37%
Cost	78208

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

Alternative 2
Error	1.03%
Cost	71808

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

Alternative 3
Error	1.23%
Cost	58752

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

Alternative 4
Error	1.19%
Cost	58752

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

Alternative 5
Error	19.38%
Cost	52620

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\cos \phi_1 \leq 0.76:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\cos \phi_1 + \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\cos \phi_1 \leq 0.985:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\cos \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\cos \phi_1 \leq 1:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{\cos \phi_1 + t_0}}}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0 + 1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Error	1.28%
Cost	45824

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

Alternative 7
Error	1.25%
Cost	45568

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

Alternative 8
Error	1.26%
Cost	39296

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

Alternative 9
Error	11.69%
Cost	39172

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\cos \phi_2 \leq 0.98:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{\cos \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	1.94%
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 11
Error	22.31%
Cost	33284

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\cos \phi_1 \leq -0.78:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \phi_1 + \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	18.87%
Cost	33284

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\cos \phi_2 \leq 0.8:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1}{\left(t_0 + 1\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\frac{1}{\frac{1}{\cos \phi_1 + t_0}}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	20.54%
Cost	32905

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -1.85 \cdot 10^{-31} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 7.5 \cdot 10^{-198}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \lambda_2 + \cos \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	22.64%
Cost	26496

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

Alternative 15
Error	27.7%
Cost	26377

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -84000 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 1.7 \cdot 10^{-9}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + 1\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \lambda_1 + \cos \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	22.62%
Cost	26240

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

Alternative 17
Error	23.03%
Cost	26112

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

Alternative 18
Error	33.33%
Cost	20224

\[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + 1\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} \]

Alternative 19
Error	32.71%
Cost	20096

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

Alternative 20
Error	32.71%
Cost	19840

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

Alternative 21
Error	44.35%
Cost	19712

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

Alternative 22
Error	37.74%
Cost	19712

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

Alternative 23
Error	32.87%
Cost	19712

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023102 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Midpoint on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))