Distance on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 61.5% → 62.1%

Time: 1.9min

Alternatives: 18

Speedup: 1.1×

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Specification

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot t_0\right) \cdot t_0\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_1}}{\sqrt{1 - t_1}}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1
         (+
          (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
          (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) t_0) t_0))))
   (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt t_1) (sqrt (- 1.0 t_1)))))))

C

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + (((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0);
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(t_1), sqrt((1.0 - t_1))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_1 = (sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + (((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0)
    code = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(t_1), sqrt((1.0d0 - t_1))))
end function

Java

public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + (((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0);
	return R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(t_1), Math.sqrt((1.0 - t_1))));
}

Python

def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + (((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0)
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt(t_1), math.sqrt((1.0 - t_1))))

Julia

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0))
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(t_1), sqrt(Float64(1.0 - t_1)))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_1 = (sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + (((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0);
	tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(t_1), sqrt((1.0 - t_1))));
end

Wolfram

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[t$95$1], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Initial Program: 61.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot t_0\right) \cdot t_0\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_1}}{\sqrt{1 - t_1}}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1
         (+
          (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
          (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) t_0) t_0))))
   (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt t_1) (sqrt (- 1.0 t_1)))))))

C

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + (((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0);
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(t_1), sqrt((1.0 - t_1))));
}

Fortran

real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_1 = (sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + (((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0)
    code = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(t_1), sqrt((1.0d0 - t_1))))
end function

Java

public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + (((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0);
	return R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(t_1), Math.sqrt((1.0 - t_1))));
}

Python

def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + (((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0)
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt(t_1), math.sqrt((1.0 - t_1))))

Julia

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0))
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(t_1), sqrt(Float64(1.0 - t_1)))))
end

MATLAB

function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_1 = (sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + (((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * t_0) * t_0);
	tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(t_1), sqrt((1.0 - t_1))));
end

Wolfram

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[t$95$1], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Alternative 1: 62.1% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)\\ t_1 := {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_3 := \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_2 \cdot t_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + t_3}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_1}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_3 + {\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot t_0\right) + \sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{t_0}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (cos (* phi2 -0.5)))
        (t_1 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))
        (t_2 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_3 (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_2 t_2))))
   (if (<= phi2 3.2e-5)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) t_3))
        (sqrt (- (pow (cos (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi1) t_1))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_3 (pow (+ (* 0.5 (* phi1 t_0)) (sin (* phi2 -0.5))) 2.0)))
        (sqrt (- (pow t_0 2.0) (* (cos phi2) t_1)))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((phi2 * -0.5));
	double t_1 = pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0);
	double t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_3 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_2 * t_2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.2e-5) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_3)), sqrt((pow(cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * t_1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_3 + pow(((0.5 * (phi1 * t_0)) + sin((phi2 * -0.5))), 2.0))), sqrt((pow(t_0, 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_1)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    real(8) :: t_3
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0)))
    t_1 = sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0
    t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_3 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_2 * t_2)
    if (phi2 <= 3.2d-5) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + t_3)), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi1) * t_1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_3 + (((0.5d0 * (phi1 * t_0)) + sin((phi2 * (-0.5d0)))) ** 2.0d0))), sqrt(((t_0 ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * t_1)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5));
	double t_1 = Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0);
	double t_2 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_3 = (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_2 * t_2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.2e-5) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_3)), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi1) * t_1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_3 + Math.pow(((0.5 * (phi1 * t_0)) + Math.sin((phi2 * -0.5))), 2.0))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(t_0, 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * t_1)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos((phi2 * -0.5))
	t_1 = math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)
	t_2 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_3 = (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_2 * t_2)
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.2e-5:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_3)), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi1) * t_1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_3 + math.pow(((0.5 * (phi1 * t_0)) + math.sin((phi2 * -0.5))), 2.0))), math.sqrt((math.pow(t_0, 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * t_1)))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5))
	t_1 = sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0
	t_2 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_3 = Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_2 * t_2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.2e-5)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + t_3)), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi1) * t_1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_3 + (Float64(Float64(0.5 * Float64(phi1 * t_0)) + sin(Float64(phi2 * -0.5))) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(Float64((t_0 ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * t_1))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos((phi2 * -0.5));
	t_1 = sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0;
	t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_3 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_2 * t_2);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.2e-5)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + t_3)), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * t_1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_3 + (((0.5 * (phi1 * t_0)) + sin((phi2 * -0.5))) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(((t_0 ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_1)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$3 = N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$2 * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.2e-5], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$3), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$3 + N[Power[N[(N[(0.5 * N[(phi1 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Sin[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[t$95$0, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi2 < 3.19999999999999986e-5

   1. Initial program 67.2%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 67.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 67.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 58.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. *-commutative 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. unpow2 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

      7. associate-*r* 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 58.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   if 3.19999999999999986e-5 < phi2

   1. Initial program 46.1%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 46.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 46.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 47.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 47.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 47.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \phi_1\right) + \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 56.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) + {\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)\right) + \sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 61.5% accurate, 0.8× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + t_0 \cdot \left(t_1 \cdot t_1\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(t_0, {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}, {\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
        (t_1 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))
   (*
    R
    (*
     2.0
     (atan2
      (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* t_0 (* t_1 t_1))))
      (sqrt
       (expm1
        (log1p
         (-
          1.0
          (fma
           t_0
           (pow (sin (* (- lambda1 lambda2) 0.5)) 2.0)
           (pow (sin (* (- phi1 phi2) 0.5)) 2.0)))))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double t_1 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + (t_0 * (t_1 * t_1)))), sqrt(expm1(log1p((1.0 - fma(t_0, pow(sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0), pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5)), 2.0))))))));
}

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	t_1 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(t_0 * Float64(t_1 * t_1)))), sqrt(expm1(log1p(Float64(1.0 - fma(t_0, (sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)) ^ 2.0), (sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * 0.5)) ^ 2.0)))))))))
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(t$95$0 * N[(t$95$1 * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(Exp[N[Log[1 + N[(1.0 - N[(t$95$0 * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 61.9%

   \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*l* 61.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

3. Simplified 61.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]
4. Step-by-step derivation

   1. expm1-log1p-u 61.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

   2. associate--l- 61.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)\right)}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. +-commutative 61.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) + {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   4. fma-udef 62.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right), {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   5. pow2 62.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \color{blue}{{\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}^{2}}, {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   6. div-inv 62.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \frac{1}{2}\right)}}^{2}, {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   7. metadata-eval 62.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{0.5}\right)}^{2}, {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right) \]

5. Applied egg-rr 62.0%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}, {\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

6. Final simplification 62.0%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}, {\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)\right)\right)}}\right) \]

Alternative 3: 61.5% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right)\\ t_2 := {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_2 + t_1}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - t_2\right) - t_1}}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_0 t_0)))
        (t_2 (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)))
   (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt (+ t_2 t_1)) (sqrt (- (- 1.0 t_2) t_1)))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	double t_2 = pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0);
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_2 + t_1)), sqrt(((1.0 - t_2) - t_1))));
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)
    t_2 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0
    code = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_2 + t_1)), sqrt(((1.0d0 - t_2) - t_1))))
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	double t_2 = Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0);
	return R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_2 + t_1)), Math.sqrt(((1.0 - t_2) - t_1))));
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)
	t_2 = math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0)
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_2 + t_1)), math.sqrt(((1.0 - t_2) - t_1))))

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_0 * t_0))
	t_2 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_2 + t_1)), sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - t_2) - t_1)))))
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	t_2 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0;
	tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_2 + t_1)), sqrt(((1.0 - t_2) - t_1))));
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$2 + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] - t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 61.9%

   \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*l* 61.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

3. Simplified 61.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

4. Final simplification 61.9%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

Alternative 4: 57.3% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}\\ t_3 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.55 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_0 + \left(t_1 \cdot t_3\right) \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_2}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_0 + t_1 \cdot \left(t_3 \cdot t_3\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0))
        (t_1 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
        (t_2 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))
        (t_3 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))
   (if (<= phi1 -1.55e-6)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_0 (* (* t_1 t_3) (sin (* lambda2 -0.5)))))
        (sqrt (- (pow (cos (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi1) t_2))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_0 (* t_1 (* t_3 t_3))))
        (sqrt (- (pow (cos (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi2) t_2)))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0);
	double t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0);
	double t_3 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -1.55e-6) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_3) * sin((lambda2 * -0.5))))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * t_2)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_3 * t_3)))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    real(8) :: t_3
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0
    t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)
    t_2 = sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0
    t_3 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    if (phi1 <= (-1.55d-6)) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_3) * sin((lambda2 * (-0.5d0)))))), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi1) * t_2)))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_3 * t_3)))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * t_2)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0);
	double t_1 = Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0);
	double t_3 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -1.55e-6) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_3) * Math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5))))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi1) * t_2)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_3 * t_3)))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * t_2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0)
	t_1 = math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)
	t_2 = math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)
	t_3 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -1.55e-6:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_3) * math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5))))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi1) * t_2)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_3 * t_3)))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * t_2)))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0
	t_1 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	t_2 = sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0
	t_3 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -1.55e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_0 + Float64(Float64(t_1 * t_3) * sin(Float64(lambda2 * -0.5))))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi1) * t_2))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_0 + Float64(t_1 * Float64(t_3 * t_3)))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * t_2))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0;
	t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	t_2 = sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0;
	t_3 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -1.55e-6)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_3) * sin((lambda2 * -0.5))))), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * t_2)))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_3 * t_3)))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_2)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$3 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -1.55e-6], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[(t$95$1 * t$95$3), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + N[(t$95$1 * N[(t$95$3 * t$95$3), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi1 < -1.55e-6

   1. Initial program 50.1%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 39.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 40.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 18.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 18.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 18.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 18.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. *-commutative 18.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

      6. *-commutative 18.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

      7. unpow2 18.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

      8. associate-*l* 18.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)}}}\right) \]

   5. Simplified 40.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

   if -1.55e-6 < phi1

   1. Initial program 66.4%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 66.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 66.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 55.6%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 55.7%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 55.7%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 55.7%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 55.7%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 55.7%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 55.7%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 55.7%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 55.7%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 55.7%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 55.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 51.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.55 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 61.9% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}\\ t_1 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_2 := \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_1 \cdot t_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.000165:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + t_2}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_2 + {\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))
        (t_1 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_2 (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_1 t_1))))
   (if (<= phi2 0.000165)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) t_2))
        (sqrt (- (pow (cos (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi1) t_0))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_2 (pow (sin (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0)))
        (sqrt (- (pow (cos (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi2) t_0)))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0);
	double t_1 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_2 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_1 * t_1);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 0.000165) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_2)), sqrt((pow(cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * t_0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_2 + pow(sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_0)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0
    t_1 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_2 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_1 * t_1)
    if (phi2 <= 0.000165d0) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + t_2)), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi1) * t_0)))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_2 + (sin((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * t_0)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0);
	double t_1 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_2 = (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_1 * t_1);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 0.000165) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_2)), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi1) * t_0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_2 + Math.pow(Math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * t_0)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)
	t_1 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_2 = (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_1 * t_1)
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 0.000165:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_2)), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi1) * t_0)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_2 + math.pow(math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * t_0)))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0
	t_1 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_2 = Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_1 * t_1))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 0.000165)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + t_2)), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi1) * t_0))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_2 + (sin(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * t_0))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0;
	t_1 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_2 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_1 * t_1);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 0.000165)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + t_2)), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * t_0)))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_2 + (sin((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_0)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$1 * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, 0.000165], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$2 + N[Power[N[Sin[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi2 < 1.65e-4

   1. Initial program 67.2%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 67.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 67.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 58.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. *-commutative 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. unpow2 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

      7. associate-*r* 58.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 58.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   if 1.65e-4 < phi2

   1. Initial program 46.1%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 46.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 46.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 47.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 47.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 47.0%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 47.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 46.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 55.9%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.000165:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) + {\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 50.9% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -7.8 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + t_1}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_1 + {\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_0 t_0))))
   (if (<= phi1 -7.8e-13)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) t_1))
        (sqrt (- 1.0 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- phi2 phi1))) 2.0))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_1 (pow (sin (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0)))
        (sqrt
         (-
          (pow (cos (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0)
          (* (cos phi2) (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -7.8e-13) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_1)), sqrt((1.0 - pow(sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_1 + pow(sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)
    if (phi1 <= (-7.8d-13)) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + t_1)), sqrt((1.0d0 - (sin(((-0.5d0) * (phi2 - phi1))) ** 2.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_1 + (sin((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * (sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0))))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -7.8e-13) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_1)), Math.sqrt((1.0 - Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_1 + Math.pow(Math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -7.8e-13:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_1)), math.sqrt((1.0 - math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_1 + math.pow(math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_0 * t_0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -7.8e-13)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + t_1)), sqrt(Float64(1.0 - (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(phi2 - phi1))) ^ 2.0))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_1 + (sin(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -7.8e-13)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + t_1)), sqrt((1.0 - (sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))) ^ 2.0)))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_1 + (sin((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * (sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0))))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -7.8e-13], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(phi2 - phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$1 + N[Power[N[Sin[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi1 < -7.80000000000000009e-13

   1. Initial program 50.8%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 50.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 50.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 40.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2} + {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 40.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      2. *-commutative 40.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

      3. fma-def 40.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      4. *-commutative 40.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 40.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 31.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   if -7.80000000000000009e-13 < phi1

   1. Initial program 66.2%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 66.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 66.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 55.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 55.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 46.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -7.8 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) + {\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 55.9% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + t_1}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_1 + {\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_0 t_0))))
   (if (<= phi1 -8.2e-13)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) t_1))
        (sqrt
         (-
          (pow (cos (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0)
          (* (cos phi1) (pow (sin (* lambda2 -0.5)) 2.0)))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_1 (pow (sin (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0)))
        (sqrt
         (-
          (pow (cos (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0)
          (* (cos phi2) (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -8.2e-13) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_1)), sqrt((pow(cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * pow(sin((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_1 + pow(sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)
    if (phi1 <= (-8.2d-13)) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + t_1)), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi1) * (sin((lambda2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0))))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_1 + (sin((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * (sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0))))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -8.2e-13) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_1)), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.pow(Math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_1 + Math.pow(Math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -8.2e-13:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + t_1)), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi1) * math.pow(math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_1 + math.pow(math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_0 * t_0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -8.2e-13)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + t_1)), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi1) * (sin(Float64(lambda2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_1 + (sin(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_1 = (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -8.2e-13)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + t_1)), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * (sin((lambda2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_1 + (sin((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * (sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0))))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -8.2e-13], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(lambda2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$1 + N[Power[N[Sin[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi1 < -8.2000000000000004e-13

   1. Initial program 50.8%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 50.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 50.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 40.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2} + {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 40.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      2. *-commutative 40.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

      3. fma-def 40.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      4. *-commutative 40.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 40.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 41.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1 + {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 41.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} + {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)}}}\right) \]

      2. associate--r+ 41.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}\right) - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

      3. unpow2 41.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\right) - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

      4. 1-sub-sin 41.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

      5. unpow2 41.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

   9. Simplified 41.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

   if -8.2000000000000004e-13 < phi1

   1. Initial program 66.2%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 66.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 66.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 55.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 55.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 49.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) + {\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 55.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_1 := {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(t_0 \cdot t_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_1}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_0 \cdot \left(t_2 \cdot t_2\right) + {\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
        (t_1 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))
        (t_2 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))
   (if (<= phi1 -8.2e-13)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt
         (+
          (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
          (* (* t_0 t_2) (sin (* lambda2 -0.5)))))
        (sqrt (- (pow (cos (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi1) t_1))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ (* t_0 (* t_2 t_2)) (pow (sin (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0)))
        (sqrt (- (pow (cos (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi2) t_1)))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double t_1 = pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0);
	double t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -8.2e-13) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((t_0 * t_2) * sin((lambda2 * -0.5))))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * t_1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((t_0 * (t_2 * t_2)) + pow(sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_1)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)
    t_1 = sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0
    t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    if (phi1 <= (-8.2d-13)) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + ((t_0 * t_2) * sin((lambda2 * (-0.5d0)))))), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi1) * t_1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((t_0 * (t_2 * t_2)) + (sin((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * t_1)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2);
	double t_1 = Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0);
	double t_2 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -8.2e-13) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((t_0 * t_2) * Math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5))))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi1) * t_1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt(((t_0 * (t_2 * t_2)) + Math.pow(Math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * t_1)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)
	t_1 = math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)
	t_2 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -8.2e-13:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((t_0 * t_2) * math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5))))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi1) * t_1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt(((t_0 * (t_2 * t_2)) + math.pow(math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * t_1)))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	t_1 = sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0
	t_2 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -8.2e-13)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_2) * sin(Float64(lambda2 * -0.5))))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi1) * t_1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(Float64(t_0 * Float64(t_2 * t_2)) + (sin(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * t_1))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	t_1 = sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0;
	t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -8.2e-13)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + ((t_0 * t_2) * sin((lambda2 * -0.5))))), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * t_1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((t_0 * (t_2 * t_2)) + (sin((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_1)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -8.2e-13], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[(t$95$0 * N[(t$95$2 * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Power[N[Sin[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi1 < -8.2000000000000004e-13

   1. Initial program 50.8%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 40.6%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 41.5%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   4. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 18.5%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 18.5%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 18.6%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 18.6%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. *-commutative 18.6%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

      6. *-commutative 18.6%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

      7. unpow2 18.6%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

      8. associate-*l* 18.6%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)}}}\right) \]

   5. Simplified 41.5%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

   if -8.2000000000000004e-13 < phi1

   1. Initial program 66.2%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 66.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 66.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 55.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 55.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 55.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 55.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 49.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.2 \cdot 10^{-13}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) + {\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 38.7% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-21}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_0 + t_1 \cdot \left(t_2 \cdot t_2\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_0 + \left(t_1 \cdot t_2\right) \cdot t_3}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {t_3}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0))
        (t_1 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
        (t_2 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_3 (sin (* lambda2 -0.5))))
   (if (<= lambda2 3.9e-21)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_0 (* t_1 (* t_2 t_2))))
        (sqrt (- 1.0 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- phi2 phi1))) 2.0))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_0 (* (* t_1 t_2) t_3)))
        (sqrt
         (- (pow (cos (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi2) (pow t_3 2.0))))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0);
	double t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_3 = sin((lambda2 * -0.5));
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= 3.9e-21) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_2 * t_2)))), sqrt((1.0 - pow(sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_2) * t_3))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * pow(t_3, 2.0))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    real(8) :: t_3
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0
    t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)
    t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_3 = sin((lambda2 * (-0.5d0)))
    if (lambda2 <= 3.9d-21) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_2 * t_2)))), sqrt((1.0d0 - (sin(((-0.5d0) * (phi2 - phi1))) ** 2.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_2) * t_3))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * (t_3 ** 2.0d0))))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0);
	double t_1 = Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_3 = Math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5));
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= 3.9e-21) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_2 * t_2)))), Math.sqrt((1.0 - Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_2) * t_3))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.pow(t_3, 2.0))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0)
	t_1 = math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)
	t_2 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_3 = math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5))
	tmp = 0
	if lambda2 <= 3.9e-21:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_2 * t_2)))), math.sqrt((1.0 - math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_2) * t_3))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * math.pow(t_3, 2.0))))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0
	t_1 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	t_2 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_3 = sin(Float64(lambda2 * -0.5))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda2 <= 3.9e-21)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_0 + Float64(t_1 * Float64(t_2 * t_2)))), sqrt(Float64(1.0 - (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(phi2 - phi1))) ^ 2.0))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_0 + Float64(Float64(t_1 * t_2) * t_3))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * (t_3 ^ 2.0)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0;
	t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_3 = sin((lambda2 * -0.5));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda2 <= 3.9e-21)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + (t_1 * (t_2 * t_2)))), sqrt((1.0 - (sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))) ^ 2.0)))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_1 * t_2) * t_3))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * (t_3 ^ 2.0))))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$3 = N[Sin[N[(lambda2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[lambda2, 3.9e-21], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + N[(t$95$1 * N[(t$95$2 * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(phi2 - phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[(t$95$1 * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$3), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[t$95$3, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if lambda2 < 3.9000000000000001e-21

   1. Initial program 66.9%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 66.9%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 67.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 51.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2} + {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 51.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      2. *-commutative 51.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

      3. fma-def 51.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      4. *-commutative 51.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 51.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 40.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   if 3.9000000000000001e-21 < lambda2

   1. Initial program 48.8%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 47.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 37.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

   4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 37.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 37.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_2}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 37.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_2}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 37.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_2}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 37.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_2}}\right) \]

      5. *-commutative 37.0%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 37.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 39.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-21}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10: 39.1% accurate, 1.2× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -200000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1
         (sqrt
          (+
           (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
           (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_0 t_0))))))
   (if (<= (- lambda1 lambda2) -200000.0)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        t_1
        (sqrt
         (expm1
          (log1p (- 1.0 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2 t_1 (sqrt (- 1.0 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- phi2 phi1))) 2.0)))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))));
	double tmp;
	if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt(expm1(log1p((1.0 - pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((1.0 - pow(sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))));
	double tmp;
	if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_1, Math.sqrt(Math.expm1(Math.log1p((1.0 - Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_1, Math.sqrt((1.0 - Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))))
	tmp = 0
	if (lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_1, math.sqrt(math.expm1(math.log1p((1.0 - math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_1, math.sqrt((1.0 - math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_0 * t_0))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_1, sqrt(expm1(log1p(Float64(1.0 - (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0))))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_1, sqrt(Float64(1.0 - (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(phi2 - phi1))) ^ 2.0))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision], -200000.0], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$1 / N[Sqrt[N[(Exp[N[Log[1 + N[(1.0 - N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]] - 1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$1 / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(phi2 - phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2) < -2e5

   1. Initial program 53.2%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 53.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 53.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 36.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 36.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 27.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
   8. Step-by-step derivation

      1. expm1-log1p-u 27.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

   9. Applied egg-rr 27.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

   if -2e5 < (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2)

   1. Initial program 67.8%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 67.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 67.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 60.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2} + {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 60.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      2. *-commutative 60.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

      3. fma-def 60.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      4. *-commutative 60.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 60.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 38.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -200000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)\right)}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11: 39.1% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -200000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1
         (sqrt
          (+
           (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
           (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_0 t_0))))))
   (if (<= (- lambda1 lambda2) -200000.0)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        t_1
        (sqrt (- 1.0 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2 t_1 (sqrt (- 1.0 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- phi2 phi1))) 2.0)))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))));
	double tmp;
	if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((1.0 - pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((1.0 - pow(sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_1 = sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))))
    if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= (-200000.0d0)) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((1.0d0 - (sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0)))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((1.0d0 - (sin(((-0.5d0) * (phi2 - phi1))) ** 2.0d0)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))));
	double tmp;
	if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_1, Math.sqrt((1.0 - Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_1, Math.sqrt((1.0 - Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))))
	tmp = 0
	if (lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_1, math.sqrt((1.0 - math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_1, math.sqrt((1.0 - math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))), 2.0)))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_0 * t_0))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_1, sqrt(Float64(1.0 - (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_1, sqrt(Float64(1.0 - (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(phi2 - phi1))) ^ 2.0))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_1 = sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= -200000.0)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((1.0 - (sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0)))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((1.0 - (sin((-0.5 * (phi2 - phi1))) ^ 2.0)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision], -200000.0], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$1 / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$1 / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(phi2 - phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2) < -2e5

   1. Initial program 53.2%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 53.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 53.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 36.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 36.4%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 36.4%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 36.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 27.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   if -2e5 < (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2)

   1. Initial program 67.8%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 67.8%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 67.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 60.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2} + {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. +-commutative 60.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      2. *-commutative 60.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) + {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

      3. fma-def 60.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

      4. *-commutative 60.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 60.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \mathsf{fma}\left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1, {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 38.5%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -200000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12: 34.4% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))
   (*
    R
    (*
     2.0
     (atan2
      (sqrt
       (+
        (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
        (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_0 t_0))))
      (sqrt (- 1.0 (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), sqrt((1.0 - pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))));
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    code = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), sqrt((1.0d0 - (sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0)))))
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	return R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), Math.sqrt((1.0 - Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))));
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), math.sqrt((1.0 - math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0)))))

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_0 * t_0)))), sqrt(Float64(1.0 - (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0))))))
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), sqrt((1.0 - (sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0)))));
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 61.9%

   \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*l* 61.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

3. Simplified 61.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 46.2%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate--r+ 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   2. unpow2 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   3. 1-sub-sin 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   4. unpow2 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   5. sub-neg 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. mul-1-neg 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   7. +-commutative 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   8. distribute-lft-in 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

   9. associate-*r* 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   10. metadata-eval 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   11. metadata-eval 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   12. associate-*r* 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   13. distribute-lft-in 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

   14. +-commutative 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   15. +-commutative 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   16. mul-1-neg 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   17. sub-neg 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

6. Simplified 46.2%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 32.5%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

8. Final simplification 32.5%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

Alternative 13: 31.9% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right)}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -3600:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\lambda_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1
         (sqrt
          (+
           (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
           (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_0 t_0))))))
   (if (<= lambda1 -3600.0)
     (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 t_1 (sqrt (pow (cos (* lambda1 0.5)) 2.0)))))
     (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 t_1 (sqrt (pow (cos (* lambda2 -0.5)) 2.0))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))));
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -3600.0) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt(pow(cos((lambda1 * 0.5)), 2.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt(pow(cos((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_1 = sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))))
    if (lambda1 <= (-3600.0d0)) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((cos((lambda1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((cos((lambda2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))));
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -3600.0) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_1, Math.sqrt(Math.pow(Math.cos((lambda1 * 0.5)), 2.0))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_1, Math.sqrt(Math.pow(Math.cos((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))))
	tmp = 0
	if lambda1 <= -3600.0:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_1, math.sqrt(math.pow(math.cos((lambda1 * 0.5)), 2.0))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_1, math.sqrt(math.pow(math.cos((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_0 * t_0))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda1 <= -3600.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_1, sqrt((cos(Float64(lambda1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_1, sqrt((cos(Float64(lambda2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0)))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_1 = sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda1 <= -3600.0)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((cos((lambda1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_1, sqrt((cos((lambda2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[lambda1, -3600.0], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$1 / N[Sqrt[N[Power[N[Cos[N[(lambda1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$1 / N[Sqrt[N[Power[N[Cos[N[(lambda2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if lambda1 < -3600

   1. Initial program 45.3%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 45.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 45.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 30.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 30.3%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 30.3%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 30.3%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 30.3%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 30.3%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 30.3%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 30.3%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 30.3%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 30.3%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 30.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 23.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   8. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 23.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 23.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}}\right) \]

      2. 1-sub-sin 23.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}}\right) \]

      3. unpow2 23.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      4. *-commutative 23.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

   10. Simplified 23.1%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(\lambda_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   if -3600 < lambda1

   1. Initial program 69.0%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
   2. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate-*l* 69.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Simplified 69.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 53.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. sub-neg 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      6. mul-1-neg 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      7. +-commutative 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      8. distribute-lft-in 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      9. associate-*r* 53.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      10. metadata-eval 53.1%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      11. metadata-eval 53.1%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      12. associate-*r* 53.1%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      13. distribute-lft-in 53.1%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

      14. +-commutative 53.1%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      15. +-commutative 53.1%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      16. mul-1-neg 53.1%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      17. sub-neg 53.1%

          \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 53.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 36.6%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   8. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 34.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
   9. Step-by-step derivation

      1. unpow2 34.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}\right) \]

      2. 1-sub-sin 34.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}\right) \]

      3. unpow2 34.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   10. Simplified 34.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 30.8%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -3600:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\lambda_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14: 29.5% accurate, 1.4× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))
   (*
    R
    (*
     2.0
     (atan2
      (sqrt
       (+
        (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0)
        (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (* t_0 t_0))))
      (sqrt (pow (cos (* lambda2 -0.5)) 2.0)))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), sqrt(pow(cos((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))));
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    code = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), sqrt((cos((lambda2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0))))
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	return R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), Math.sqrt(Math.pow(Math.cos((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))));
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), math.sqrt(math.pow(math.cos((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0))))

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * Float64(t_0 * t_0)))), sqrt((cos(Float64(lambda2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0)))))
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (t_0 * t_0)))), sqrt((cos((lambda2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))));
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[Power[N[Cos[N[(lambda2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 61.9%

   \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]
2. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate-*l* 61.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

3. Simplified 61.9%

   \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right)} \]

4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 46.2%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate--r+ 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   2. unpow2 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   3. 1-sub-sin 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   4. unpow2 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   5. sub-neg 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   6. mul-1-neg 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   7. +-commutative 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2 + \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   8. distribute-lft-in 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right) + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

   9. associate-*r* 46.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{\left(0.5 \cdot -1\right) \cdot \lambda_2} + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   10. metadata-eval 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\color{blue}{-0.5} \cdot \lambda_2 + 0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   11. metadata-eval 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot -1\right)} \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   12. associate-*r* 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-0.5 \cdot \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   13. distribute-lft-in 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)}}^{2}}}\right) \]

   14. +-commutative 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   15. +-commutative 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   16. mul-1-neg 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   17. sub-neg 46.2%

       \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

6. Simplified 46.2%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 32.5%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

8. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 29.9%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]
9. Step-by-step derivation

   1. unpow2 29.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}\right) \]

   2. 1-sub-sin 29.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}\right) \]

   3. unpow2 29.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

10. Simplified 29.9%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

11. Final simplification 29.9%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

Alternative 15: 14.5% accurate, 1.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sqrt{1 - \left({t_0}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(\lambda_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (* (- phi1 phi2) 0.5))))
   (*
    R
    (*
     2.0
     (atan2
      t_0
      (sqrt
       (-
        1.0
        (+
         (pow t_0 2.0)
         (* (cos phi2) (* (cos phi1) (pow (sin (* lambda1 0.5)) 2.0)))))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0 - (pow(t_0, 2.0) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * pow(sin((lambda1 * 0.5)), 2.0))))))));
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5d0))
    code = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0d0 - ((t_0 ** 2.0d0) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * (sin((lambda1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0))))))))
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	return R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_0, Math.sqrt((1.0 - (Math.pow(t_0, 2.0) + (Math.cos(phi2) * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.pow(Math.sin((lambda1 * 0.5)), 2.0))))))));
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5))
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_0, math.sqrt((1.0 - (math.pow(t_0, 2.0) + (math.cos(phi2) * (math.cos(phi1) * math.pow(math.sin((lambda1 * 0.5)), 2.0))))))))

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * 0.5))
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_0, sqrt(Float64(1.0 - Float64((t_0 ^ 2.0) + Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(cos(phi1) * (sin(Float64(lambda1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0)))))))))
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0 - ((t_0 ^ 2.0) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * (sin((lambda1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0))))))));
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$0 / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[(N[Power[t$95$0, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(lambda1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 61.9%

   \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 48.1%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

3. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 16.3%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

4. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 16.2%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}^{2}\right) + {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]

5. Final simplification 16.2%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(\lambda_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

Alternative 16: 14.5% accurate, 1.7× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sqrt{1 - \left({t_0}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot {\sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right) \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (* (- phi1 phi2) 0.5))))
   (*
    R
    (*
     2.0
     (atan2
      t_0
      (sqrt
       (-
        1.0
        (+
         (pow t_0 2.0)
         (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (pow (sin (* lambda2 -0.5)) 2.0))))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0 - (pow(t_0, 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * pow(sin((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0)))))));
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5d0))
    code = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0d0 - ((t_0 ** 2.0d0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (sin((lambda2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0)))))))
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	return R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_0, Math.sqrt((1.0 - (Math.pow(t_0, 2.0) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * Math.pow(Math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0)))))));
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5))
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_0, math.sqrt((1.0 - (math.pow(t_0, 2.0) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * math.pow(math.sin((lambda2 * -0.5)), 2.0)))))))

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * 0.5))
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_0, sqrt(Float64(1.0 - Float64((t_0 ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (sin(Float64(lambda2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0))))))))
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0 - ((t_0 ^ 2.0) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * (sin((lambda2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0)))))));
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$0 / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[(N[Power[t$95$0, 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(lambda2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]

Derivation

1. Initial program 61.9%

   \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 48.1%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

3. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 16.3%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 16.3%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}^{2} + {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)\right)}}}\right) \]

5. Final simplification 16.3%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot {\sin \left(\lambda_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right) \]

Alternative 17: 14.7% accurate, 1.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (* (- phi1 phi2) 0.5))))
   (if (<= phi1 -3.5e+15)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        t_0
        (sqrt
         (-
          (pow (cos (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0)
          (* (cos phi1) (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0)))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        t_0
        (sqrt
         (-
          1.0
          (+
           (pow (sin (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0)
           (* (cos phi2) (pow (sin (* (- lambda1 lambda2) 0.5)) 2.0)))))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -3.5e+15) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((pow(cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0 - (pow(sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) + (cos(phi2) * pow(sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0)))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5d0))
    if (phi1 <= (-3.5d+15)) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi1) * (sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0))))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0d0 - ((sin((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) + (cos(phi2) * (sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0)))))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -3.5e+15) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_0, Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_0, Math.sqrt((1.0 - (Math.pow(Math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.pow(Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0)))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5))
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -3.5e+15:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_0, math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi1) * math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_0, math.sqrt((1.0 - (math.pow(math.sin((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.pow(math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0)))))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * 0.5))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -3.5e+15)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_0, sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi1) * (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_0, sqrt(Float64(1.0 - Float64((sin(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(cos(phi2) * (sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)) ^ 2.0))))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -3.5e+15)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * (sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0))))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_0, sqrt((1.0 - ((sin((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) + (cos(phi2) * (sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)) ^ 2.0)))))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -3.5e+15], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$0 / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$0 / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi1 < -3.5e15

   1. Initial program 50.5%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 39.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 19.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 20.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
   5. Step-by-step derivation

      1. associate--r+ 20.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

      2. unpow2 20.1%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      3. 1-sub-sin 20.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      4. unpow2 20.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

      5. *-commutative 20.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

      6. *-commutative 20.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

      7. unpow2 20.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

      8. associate-*l* 20.2%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)}}}\right) \]

   6. Simplified 20.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

   if -3.5e15 < phi1

   1. Initial program 65.8%

      \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 51.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   3. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 15.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 13.4%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.

4. Final simplification 15.1%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right)}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18: 12.5% accurate, 1.9× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (*
   2.0
   (atan2
    (sin (* (- phi1 phi2) 0.5))
    (sqrt
     (-
      (pow (cos (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0)
      (* (cos phi1) (pow (sin (* -0.5 (- lambda2 lambda1))) 2.0))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * (2.0 * atan2(sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5)), sqrt((pow(cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * pow(sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))));
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5d0)), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi1) * (sin(((-0.5d0) * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ** 2.0d0))))))
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5)), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.pow(Math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))));
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5)), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi1) * math.pow(math.sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))), 2.0))))))

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * 0.5)), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi1) * (sin(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0)))))))
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sin(((phi1 - phi2) * 0.5)), sqrt(((cos((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi1) * (sin((-0.5 * (lambda2 - lambda1))) ^ 2.0))))));
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(-0.5 * N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 61.9%

   \[R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 48.1%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

3. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 16.3%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}\right) \]

4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 14.0%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{1 - \left({\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}\right)}}}\right) \]
5. Step-by-step derivation

   1. associate--r+ 14.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\left(1 - {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}}\right) \]

   2. unpow2 14.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\left(1 - \color{blue}{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}\right) - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   3. 1-sub-sin 14.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   4. unpow2 14.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2}} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

   5. *-commutative 14.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

   6. *-commutative 14.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

   7. unpow2 14.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}\right) \]

   8. associate-*l* 14.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - \color{blue}{\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)}}}\right) \]

6. Simplified 14.0%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\right)}{\sqrt{\color{blue}{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} - {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2} \cdot \cos \phi_1}}}\right) \]

7. Final simplification 14.0%

   \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}^{2}}}\right) \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023172 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))) (sqrt (- 1.0 (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))))))))