Bearing on a great circle

Average Accuracy: 79.7% → 99.7%

Time: 45.6s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 123328

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) - \left(t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + t_0 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \end{array} \]

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 (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))))
   (atan2
    (*
     (fma (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2) (* (cos lambda1) (- (sin lambda2))))
     (cos phi2))
    (-
     (log1p (expm1 (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))))
     (+
      (* t_0 (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1)))
      (* t_0 (* (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) {
	double t_0 = cos(phi2) * sin(phi1);
	return atan2((fma(sin(lambda1), cos(lambda2), (cos(lambda1) * -sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), (log1p(expm1((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)))) - ((t_0 * (cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))) + (t_0 * (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)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(phi1))
	return atan(Float64(fma(sin(lambda1), cos(lambda2), Float64(cos(lambda1) * Float64(-sin(lambda2)))) * cos(phi2)), Float64(log1p(expm1(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)))) - Float64(Float64(t_0 * Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))) + Float64(t_0 * 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_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[ArcTan[N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * (-N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Log[1 + N[(Exp[N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(t$95$0 * N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(t$95$0 * N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 79.7%

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

2. Applied egg-rr 89.7%

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

   [Start] 79.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   sin-diff [=>] 89.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   cancel-sign-sub-inv [=>] 89.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   fma-def [=>] 89.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 99.7%

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

   [Start] 89.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   cos-diff [=>] 99.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} \]
   distribute-lft-in [=>] 99.7	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]

4. Applied egg-rr 99.7%

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} - \left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
   Proof

   [Start] 99.7

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

   log1p-expm1-u [=>] 99.7

   \[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \left(-\cos \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} - \left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

5. Final simplification 99.7%

   \[\leadsto \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) - \left(\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Accuracy	99.7%
Cost	110528

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

Alternative 2
Accuracy	99.7%
Cost	103744

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

Alternative 3
Accuracy	99.7%
Cost	97472

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

Alternative 4
Accuracy	99.7%
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 5
Accuracy	89.7%
Cost	90816

\[\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]

Alternative 6
Accuracy	89.7%
Cost	78016

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

Alternative 7
Accuracy	88.4%
Cost	71945

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.4 \cdot 10^{-5} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 4.8 \cdot 10^{-7}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Accuracy	89.7%
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 9
Accuracy	87.8%
Cost	65416

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -242:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.46 \cdot 10^{+16}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{\sqrt[3]{{t_0}^{3}} - t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Accuracy	83.2%
Cost	58888

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\\ t_3 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 6.7 \cdot 10^{-53}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_2}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_3}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Accuracy	83.2%
Cost	52489

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -8.6 \cdot 10^{-11} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 6.7 \cdot 10^{-53}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Accuracy	83.2%
Cost	52488

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -3.85 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 6.7 \cdot 10^{-53}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Accuracy	78.8%
Cost	52425

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -1.7 \cdot 10^{+17} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 1.7 \cdot 10^{+41}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Accuracy	70.5%
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.25 \cdot 10^{+15} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 1.7 \cdot 10^{+61}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Accuracy	74.3%
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -1.24 \cdot 10^{+20} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 3 \cdot 10^{+44}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Accuracy	79.3%
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.05 \cdot 10^{+15} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 9.8 \cdot 10^{-5}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Accuracy	66.3%
Cost	45696

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

Alternative 18
Accuracy	65.4%
Cost	39168

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

Alternative 19
Accuracy	48.2%
Cost	32841

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -510000 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 1.5 \cdot 10^{+43}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Accuracy	48.0%
Cost	32777

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{-6} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{+41}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21
Accuracy	48.6%
Cost	32777

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.56 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 4.8 \cdot 10^{-10}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22
Accuracy	48.7%
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
Accuracy	48.0%
Cost	26504

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.72 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{t_1 \cdot \left(-\sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24
Accuracy	47.3%
Cost	26441

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.35 \cdot 10^{-34} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 1.35 \cdot 10^{-204}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 25
Accuracy	48.2%
Cost	26372

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 235:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 26
Accuracy	32.0%
Cost	19456

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023152 
(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))))))