Spherical law of cosines

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Percentage Accurate: 73.7% → 93.9%
Time: 38.3s
Precision: binary64
Cost: 64960

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\[ \begin{array}{c}[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \end{array} \]
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
↓
\[\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))
  R))
↓
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (fma
    (sin phi1)
    (sin phi2)
    (*
     (cos phi1)
     (*
      (cos phi2)
      (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))
  R))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
↓
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))) * R;
}

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R)
end
↓
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))) * R)
end

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

\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R
↓
\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R

Local Percentage Accuracy?

The average percentage accuracy by input value. Horizontal axis shows value of an input variable; the variable is choosen in the title. Vertical axis is accuracy; higher is better. Red represent the original program, while blue represents Herbie's suggestion. These can be toggled with buttons below the plot. The line is an average while dots represent individual samples.

Herbie found 24 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup

Accuracy vs Speed

The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each of Herbie's proposed alternatives. Up and to the right is better. Each dot represents an alternative program; the red square represents the initial program.

Bogosity?

Bogosity

Derivation?

  1. Initial program 71.6%

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

  2. Simplified71.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    Step-by-step derivation

    [Start]71.6

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

    fma-def [=>]71.6

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

    associate-*l* [=>]71.6

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

  3. Applied egg-rr94.8%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    Step-by-step derivation

    [Start]71.6

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

    cos-diff [=>]94.8

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

    +-commutative [=>]94.8

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

  4. Final simplification94.8%

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Accuracy93.9%
Cost58688
\[R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \]
Alternative 2
Accuracy93.9%
Cost58688
\[R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \]
Alternative 3
Accuracy83.2%
Cost58436
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.4 \cdot 10^{+34}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} t_1}\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{-19}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot t_0 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \sin^{-1} t_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 4
Accuracy83.2%
Cost52552
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.4 \cdot 10^{+34}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 5.2 \cdot 10^{-19}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot t_0 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 5
Accuracy84.0%
Cost52552
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0155:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 150000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) \cdot t_1 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_1 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 6
Accuracy73.6%
Cost52096
\[R \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \]
Alternative 7
Accuracy58.1%
Cost39236
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.85 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 8
Accuracy63.2%
Cost39236
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.000235:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 9
Accuracy63.2%
Cost39236
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.000115:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 10
Accuracy63.1%
Cost39236
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.002:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 11
Accuracy73.7%
Cost39232
\[R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \]
Alternative 12
Accuracy59.5%
Cost39108
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.011:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 13
Accuracy54.7%
Cost33097
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.7 \cdot 10^{+14} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 2.6\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 14
Accuracy54.8%
Cost33097
\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -64 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 2.8 \cdot 10^{+46}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 15
Accuracy54.3%
Cost32841
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -0.00013 \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.013\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 16
Accuracy52.1%
Cost32452
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 17
Accuracy45.6%
Cost26568
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -1.7 \cdot 10^{-215}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 5.5 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 18
Accuracy52.1%
Cost26436
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -7 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 19
Accuracy36.6%
Cost26244
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\pi \cdot 0.5 - \sin^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 20
Accuracy36.6%
Cost19652
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 21
Accuracy31.2%
Cost19520
\[R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right) \]
Alternative 22
Accuracy21.6%
Cost13124
\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.08 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \lambda_1\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \phi_1\\ \end{array} \]
Alternative 23
Accuracy17.5%
Cost12992
\[R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \lambda_1 \]

Reproduce?

herbie shell --seed 2023161 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  :precision binary64
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))