Bearing on a great circle

Average Error: 20.13% → 0.28%

Time: 46.6s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 97472

Math

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

↓

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

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 20.13

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

2. Simplified 20.13

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

   [Start] 20.13	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   associate-*l* [=>] 20.13	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 10.68

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

4. Applied egg-rr 0.28

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

5. Simplified 0.28

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

   [Start] 0.28	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   distribute-lft-out [=>] 0.28	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} \]
   *-commutative [<=] 0.28	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, -\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \]

6. Final simplification 0.28

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Error	0.29%
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 2
Error	5.65%
Cost	84872

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.75 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-34}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{t_1 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Error	10.68%
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 4
Error	10.91%
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 8.5 \cdot 10^{-21}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Error	10.68%
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 6
Error	12.72%
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 2.55 \cdot 10^{-42}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Error	12.77%
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.6 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_2\right)\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-42}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Error	16.89%
Cost	58888

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.00031:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Error	16.89%
Cost	52489

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.8 \cdot 10^{-13} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 0.00031\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Error	16.89%
Cost	52488

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -3.05 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.00031:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Error	29.41%
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-31} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 1.3 \cdot 10^{-31}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Error	20.78%
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -0.0051 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{+31}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Error	29.46%
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -6.6 \cdot 10^{-32}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-33}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Error	20.62%
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.35:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 0.0074:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Error	29.38%
Cost	52297

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -6.8 \cdot 10^{-16} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{+31}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Error	30.23%
Cost	46601

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -200 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 0.5\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(-1 - -0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 \cdot \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Error	30.29%
Cost	46217

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -200 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq 0.5\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Error	31.18%
Cost	45961

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{+50} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{+80}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Error	34.39%
Cost	45833

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.37 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 0.18\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Error	30.86%
Cost	45833

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.7 \cdot 10^{+50} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 7.4 \cdot 10^{+15}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Error	51.75%
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 22
Error	34.95%
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	52.42%
Cost	32644

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.0003:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\phi_2 - t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1}{\sin \phi_2 - t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24
Error	51.64%
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	51.74%
Cost	26505

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.0074 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.46\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(-t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 26
Error	52.9%
Cost	26441

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{-23} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-20}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(-\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 27
Error	52.2%
Cost	26372

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 37000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 28
Error	67.83%
Cost	19456

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023115 
(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))))))