Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 59.9% → 99.8%

Time: 17.2s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 52672

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Math

\[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (sqrt
   (+
    (*
     (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))
     (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))))
    (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))

↓

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (hypot
   (*
    (- lambda1 lambda2)
    (log1p
     (expm1
      (fma
       (cos (* 0.5 phi2))
       (cos (* 0.5 phi1))
       (* (sin (* 0.5 phi2)) (- (sin (* 0.5 phi1))))))))
   (- phi1 phi2))))

C

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * sqrt(((((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}

↓

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * log1p(expm1(fma(cos((0.5 * phi2)), cos((0.5 * phi1)), (sin((0.5 * phi2)) * -sin((0.5 * phi1))))))), (phi1 - phi2));
}

Julia

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * sqrt(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * Float64(phi1 - phi2)))))
end

↓

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * log1p(expm1(fma(cos(Float64(0.5 * phi2)), cos(Float64(0.5 * phi1)), Float64(sin(Float64(0.5 * phi2)) * Float64(-sin(Float64(0.5 * phi1)))))))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end

Wolfram

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Log[1 + N[(Exp[N[(N[Cos[N[(0.5 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(0.5 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[N[(0.5 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * (-N[Sin[N[(0.5 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 58.1%

   \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]

2. Simplified 95.5%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
   Step-by-step derivation

   [Start] 58.1%	\[ R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
   hypot-def [=>] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 95.5%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   Step-by-step derivation

   [Start] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   log1p-expm1-u [=>] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   div-inv [=>] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)}\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   metadata-eval [=>] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

4. Applied egg-rr 99.8%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right) - \sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   Step-by-step derivation

   [Start] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   *-commutative [<=] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)\right)}\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   +-commutative [=>] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   distribute-rgt-in [=>] 95.5%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5 + \phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   cos-sum [=>] 99.8%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right) - \sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

5. Simplified 99.9%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   Step-by-step derivation

   [Start] 99.8%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right) - \sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   fma-neg [=>] 99.9%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right), \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), -\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   *-commutative [=>] 99.9%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}, \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), -\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   *-commutative [=>] 99.9%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \cos \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}, -\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   *-commutative [=>] 99.9%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), -\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} \cdot \sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   *-commutative [=>] 99.9%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), -\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   distribute-rgt-neg-in [=>] 99.9%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)}\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

6. Final simplification 99.9%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Accuracy	99.8%
Cost	52672

\[R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(-\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

Alternative 2
Accuracy	99.8%
Cost	46336

\[R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) - \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

Alternative 3
Accuracy	99.8%
Cost	46016

\[R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_2 \cdot \left(-\sin \phi_1\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

Alternative 4
Accuracy	99.8%
Cost	39680

\[R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

Alternative 5
Accuracy	83.1%
Cost	13700

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Accuracy	93.5%
Cost	13700

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -7:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Accuracy	96.2%
Cost	13696

\[R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

Alternative 8
Accuracy	75.1%
Cost	13572

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 5.5 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Accuracy	79.5%
Cost	13572

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.75 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Accuracy	69.9%
Cost	6916

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 5.5 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Accuracy	57.3%
Cost	6852

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.6 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, -\lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Accuracy	28.6%
Cost	388

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(-\phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Accuracy	29.9%
Cost	320

\[R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right) \]

Alternative 14
Accuracy	17.1%
Cost	192

\[R \cdot \phi_2 \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023167 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (sqrt (+ (* (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))