Spherical law of cosines

Percentage Accurate: 73.8% → 94.0%
Time: 31.3s
Alternatives: 28
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))
  R))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
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 = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * r
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R)
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 28 alternatives:

AlternativeAccuracySpeedup
The accuracy (vertical axis) and speed (horizontal axis) of each alternatives. Up and to the right is better. The red square shows the initial program, and each blue circle shows an alternative.The line shows the best available speed-accuracy tradeoffs.

Initial Program: 73.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))
  R))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
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 = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * r
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R)
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 94.0% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (fma
    (sin phi1)
    (sin phi2)
    (*
     (cos phi1)
     (*
      (cos phi2)
      (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))
  R))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))) * R;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))) * R)
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.9%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. fma-def75.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    2. associate-*l*75.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Simplified75.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-diff94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. +-commutative94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Applied egg-rr94.6%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  6. Final simplification94.6%

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

Alternative 2: 94.0% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (*
     (cos phi2)
     (*
      (cos phi1)
      (fma (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))));
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(cos(phi1) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))))))
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.9%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-diff94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    2. distribute-lft-in94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Applied egg-rr94.6%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-lft-out94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    2. *-commutative94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. associate-*l*94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. cos-neg94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. *-commutative94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. fma-def94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. cos-neg94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Simplified94.6%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  6. Final simplification94.6%

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

Alternative 3: 83.7% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0065 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= phi2 -0.0065) (not (<= phi2 5.1e-8)))
   (*
    R
    (log
     (exp
      (acos
       (fma
        (sin phi1)
        (sin phi2)
        (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (*
       (cos phi2)
       (*
        (cos phi1)
        (fma (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))))
      (* (sin phi1) phi2))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((phi2 <= -0.0065) || !(phi2 <= 5.1e-8)) {
		tmp = R * log(exp(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))) + (sin(phi1) * phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((phi2 <= -0.0065) || !(phi2 <= 5.1e-8))
		tmp = Float64(R * log(exp(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(cos(phi1) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))) + Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[Or[LessEqual[phi2, -0.0065], N[Not[LessEqual[phi2, 5.1e-8]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(R * N[Log[N[Exp[N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0065 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < -0.0064999999999999997 or 5.10000000000000001e-8 < phi2

    1. Initial program 80.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified80.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*r*99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      3. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-diff80.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      5. *-commutative80.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      6. log1p-expm1-u80.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      7. log1p-def80.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + \mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative80.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\log \left(1 + \mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
      9. log1p-def80.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      10. log1p-expm1-u80.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      11. fma-udef80.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    7. Applied egg-rr80.6%

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

    if -0.0064999999999999997 < phi2 < 5.10000000000000001e-8

    1. Initial program 71.1%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      2. distribute-lft-in89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Applied egg-rr89.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. distribute-lft-out89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. associate-*l*89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      5. *-commutative89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. fma-def89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. cos-neg89.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified89.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 89.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.0065 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 83.7% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= phi2 -0.000155) (not (<= phi2 4.2e-8)))
   (*
    R
    (log
     (exp
      (acos
       (fma
        (sin phi1)
        (sin phi2)
        (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
      (*
       (cos phi1)
       (fma (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((phi2 <= -0.000155) || !(phi2 <= 4.2e-8)) {
		tmp = R * log(exp(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * fma(sin(lambda1), sin(lambda2), (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((phi2 <= -0.000155) || !(phi2 <= 4.2e-8))
		tmp = Float64(R * log(exp(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi1) * fma(sin(lambda1), sin(lambda2), Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[Or[LessEqual[phi2, -0.000155], N[Not[LessEqual[phi2, 4.2e-8]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(R * N[Log[N[Exp[N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < -1.55e-4 or 4.19999999999999989e-8 < phi2

    1. Initial program 80.7%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*r*99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      3. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-diff80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      5. *-commutative80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      6. log1p-expm1-u80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      7. log1p-def80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + \mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\log \left(1 + \mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
      9. log1p-def80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      10. log1p-expm1-u80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      11. fma-udef80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    7. Applied egg-rr80.7%

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

    if -1.55e-4 < phi2 < 4.19999999999999989e-8

    1. Initial program 70.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff89.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative89.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. *-commutative89.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. +-commutative89.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. fma-def89.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr89.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 4.2 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 94.0% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (*
     (cos phi2)
     (*
      (cos phi1)
      (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))));
}
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 * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))))
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi2) * (Math.cos(phi1) * ((Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)) + (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.cos(lambda2)))))));
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi2) * (math.cos(phi1) * ((math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)) + (math.cos(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)))))))
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))))
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))));
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.9%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-diff94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    2. distribute-lft-in94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Applied egg-rr94.6%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. distribute-lft-out94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    2. *-commutative94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. associate-*l*94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. cos-neg94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. *-commutative94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. fma-def94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. cos-neg94.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Simplified94.6%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  6. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around inf 94.6%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  7. Final simplification94.6%

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

Alternative 6: 83.7% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= phi2 -0.000155) (not (<= phi2 5.1e-8)))
   (*
    R
    (log
     (exp
      (acos
       (fma
        (sin phi1)
        (sin phi2)
        (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
      (*
       (cos phi1)
       (+
        (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))
        (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((phi2 <= -0.000155) || !(phi2 <= 5.1e-8)) {
		tmp = R * log(exp(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((phi2 <= -0.000155) || !(phi2 <= 5.1e-8))
		tmp = Float64(R * log(exp(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[Or[LessEqual[phi2, -0.000155], N[Not[LessEqual[phi2, 5.1e-8]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(R * N[Log[N[Exp[N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < -1.55e-4 or 5.10000000000000001e-8 < phi2

    1. Initial program 80.7%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified80.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-udef99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*r*99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      3. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-diff80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      5. *-commutative80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      6. log1p-expm1-u80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      7. log1p-def80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\log \left(1 + \mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\log \left(1 + \mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
      9. log1p-def80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      10. log1p-expm1-u80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      11. fma-udef80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    7. Applied egg-rr80.7%

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

    if -1.55e-4 < phi2 < 5.10000000000000001e-8

    1. Initial program 70.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff66.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative66.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. *-commutative66.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. +-commutative66.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr89.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \log \left(e^{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 83.7% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= phi2 -0.000155) (not (<= phi2 5.1e-8)))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (fma
      (sin phi1)
      (sin phi2)
      (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
      (*
       (cos phi1)
       (+
        (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))
        (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((phi2 <= -0.000155) || !(phi2 <= 5.1e-8)) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((phi2 <= -0.000155) || !(phi2 <= 5.1e-8))
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[Or[LessEqual[phi2, -0.000155], N[Not[LessEqual[phi2, 5.1e-8]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < -1.55e-4 or 5.10000000000000001e-8 < phi2

    1. Initial program 80.7%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*80.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified80.7%

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

    if -1.55e-4 < phi2 < 5.10000000000000001e-8

    1. Initial program 70.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff66.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative66.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. *-commutative66.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. +-commutative66.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr89.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.000155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 5.1 \cdot 10^{-8}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8: 69.6% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -2.95 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= lambda2 -2.95e+14)
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (*
       (cos phi1)
       (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
      (* phi1 (sin phi2)))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (fma
      (sin phi1)
      (sin phi2)
      (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= -2.95e+14) {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * sin(phi2))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda2 <= -2.95e+14)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[lambda2, -2.95e+14], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -2.95 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda2 < -2.95e14

    1. Initial program 60.2%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 40.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-140.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-140.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified40.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 26.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff42.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative42.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. *-commutative42.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. +-commutative42.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Applied egg-rr45.2%

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

    if -2.95e14 < lambda2

    1. Initial program 80.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified80.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification72.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -2.95 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 69.0% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -3.7 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= lambda2 -3.7e+14)
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (*
       (cos phi1)
       (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
      (* phi1 phi2))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (fma
      (sin phi1)
      (sin phi2)
      (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= -3.7e+14) {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda2 <= -3.7e+14)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + Float64(phi1 * phi2))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[lambda2, -3.7e+14], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -3.7 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda2 < -3.7e14

    1. Initial program 60.2%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 40.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-140.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-140.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg40.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified40.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 26.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 23.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff42.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative42.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. *-commutative42.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. +-commutative42.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Applied egg-rr42.1%

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

    if -3.7e14 < lambda2

    1. Initial program 80.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*80.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified80.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification71.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -3.7 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10: 68.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -3950:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= lambda2 -3950.0)
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (*
       (cos phi1)
       (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
      (* phi1 phi2))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
      (* (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= -3950.0) {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) :: tmp
    if (lambda2 <= (-3950.0d0)) then
        tmp = r * acos(((cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= -3950.0) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.cos(phi1) * ((Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)) + (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if lambda2 <= -3950.0:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.cos(phi1) * ((math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)) + (math.cos(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda2 <= -3950.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + Float64(phi1 * phi2))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda2 <= -3950.0)
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi1) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[lambda2, -3950.0], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -3950:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda2 < -3950

    1. Initial program 59.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 40.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-140.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-140.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg40.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified40.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 26.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 23.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff43.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative43.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. *-commutative43.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. +-commutative43.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Applied egg-rr43.1%

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

    if -3950 < lambda2

    1. Initial program 80.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification72.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -3950:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11: 58.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= lambda2 1.2e-8)
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
      (* (cos phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda1))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (/ (- (cos (- phi1 phi2)) (cos (+ phi1 phi2))) 2.0)
      (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= 1.2e-8) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos((((cos((phi1 - phi2)) - cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) :: tmp
    if (lambda2 <= 1.2d-8) then
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos((((cos((phi1 - phi2)) - cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0d0) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= 1.2e-8) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi2) * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((((Math.cos((phi1 - phi2)) - Math.cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if lambda2 <= 1.2e-8:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi2) * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos((((math.cos((phi1 - phi2)) - math.cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda2 <= 1.2e-8)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(Float64(cos(Float64(phi1 - phi2)) - cos(Float64(phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda2 <= 1.2e-8)
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos((((cos((phi1 - phi2)) - cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[lambda2, 1.2e-8], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[(N[Cos[N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Cos[N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda2 < 1.19999999999999999e-8

    1. Initial program 79.8%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 65.7%

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

    if 1.19999999999999999e-8 < lambda2

    1. Initial program 66.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 46.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-146.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-146.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg46.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified46.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sin-mult45.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2}} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr45.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2}} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification60.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.2 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12: 63.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
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) (sin phi2))))
   (if (<= lambda1 -2.1e-6)
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda1))))))
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos lambda2) (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -2.1e-6) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(lambda2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) * sin(phi2)
    if (lambda1 <= (-2.1d-6)) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(lambda2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -2.1e-6) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi2) * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(lambda2) * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)
	tmp = 0
	if lambda1 <= -2.1e-6:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi2) * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(lambda2) * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda1 <= -2.1e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(lambda2) * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda1 <= -2.1e-6)
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(lambda2) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[lambda1, -2.1e-6], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda1 < -2.0999999999999998e-6

    1. Initial program 64.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 63.8%

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

    if -2.0999999999999998e-6 < lambda1

    1. Initial program 79.8%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 68.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg68.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified68.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification67.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -2.1 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13: 73.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
}
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 * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))))
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)))));
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)))))
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))))
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.9%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Final simplification75.9%

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

Alternative 14: 57.6% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
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 (- lambda2 lambda1))))
   (if (<= phi2 3.5e-28)
     (*
      R
      (acos
       (+
        (/ (- (cos (- phi1 phi2)) (cos (+ phi1 phi2))) 2.0)
        (* (cos phi1) t_0))))
     (* R (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (cos phi2) t_0)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda2 - lambda1));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.5e-28) {
		tmp = R * acos((((cos((phi1 - phi2)) - cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * t_0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 = cos((lambda2 - lambda1))
    if (phi2 <= 3.5d-28) then
        tmp = r * acos((((cos((phi1 - phi2)) - cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0d0) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * t_0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.5e-28) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((((Math.cos((phi1 - phi2)) - Math.cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + (Math.cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi2) * t_0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1))
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.5e-28:
		tmp = R * math.acos((((math.cos((phi1 - phi2)) - math.cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + (math.cos(phi1) * t_0)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi2) * t_0)))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.5e-28)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(Float64(cos(Float64(phi1 - phi2)) - cos(Float64(phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + Float64(cos(phi1) * t_0))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * t_0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos((lambda2 - lambda1));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.5e-28)
		tmp = R * acos((((cos((phi1 - phi2)) - cos((phi1 + phi2))) / 2.0) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * t_0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.5e-28], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[(N[Cos[N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] - N[Cos[N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 3.5e-28

    1. Initial program 73.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 53.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-153.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-153.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified53.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sin-mult53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2}} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr53.2%

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

    if 3.5e-28 < phi2

    1. Initial program 82.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 54.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-154.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-154.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified54.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification53.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\frac{\cos \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) - \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15: 52.9% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9.6 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{+164}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
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
         (* R (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))))
   (if (<= phi2 -9.6e-5)
     t_0
     (if (<= phi2 3.6e-14)
       (*
        R
        (acos
         (+ (* (sin phi1) phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))
       (if (<= phi2 1.75e+164)
         (*
          R
          (acos
           (+
            (* phi1 (sin phi2))
            (* (+ (* -0.5 (* phi1 phi1)) 1.0) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda2))))))
         t_0)))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= -9.6e-5) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else if (phi2 <= 1.75e+164) {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	} else {
		tmp = t_0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))
    if (phi2 <= (-9.6d-5)) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (phi2 <= 3.6d-14) then
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    else if (phi2 <= 1.75d+164) then
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + ((((-0.5d0) * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0d0) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))))
    else
        tmp = t_0
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2))));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= -9.6e-5) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else if (phi2 <= 1.75e+164) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda2)))));
	} else {
		tmp = t_0;
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2))))
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= -9.6e-5:
		tmp = t_0
	elif phi2 <= 3.6e-14:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	elif phi2 <= 1.75e+164:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda2)))))
	else:
		tmp = t_0
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= -9.6e-5)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	elseif (phi2 <= 1.75e+164)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))))));
	else
		tmp = t_0;
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= -9.6e-5)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	elseif (phi2 <= 1.75e+164)
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	else
		tmp = t_0;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, -9.6e-5], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.6e-14], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[phi2, 1.75e+164], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(phi1 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], t$95$0]]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9.6 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{+164}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if phi2 < -9.6000000000000002e-5 or 1.7499999999999999e164 < phi2

    1. Initial program 79.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def79.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*79.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified79.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 57.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*57.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified57.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 37.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]

    if -9.6000000000000002e-5 < phi2 < 3.5999999999999998e-14

    1. Initial program 70.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 70.6%

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

    if 3.5999999999999998e-14 < phi2 < 1.7499999999999999e164

    1. Initial program 83.4%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def83.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*83.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified83.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 59.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*59.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified59.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 31.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_1}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+31.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_1}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative31.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_1}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      3. associate-*r*31.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_1}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-lft1-in31.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_1}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      5. unpow231.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    11. Simplified31.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification52.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -9.6 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.75 \cdot 10^{+164}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16: 54.4% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.00015:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.006:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
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) (sin phi2))))
   (if (<= phi2 -0.00015)
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))
     (if (<= phi2 0.006)
       (*
        R
        (acos
         (+ (* (sin phi1) phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))
       (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda1)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= -0.00015) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))));
	} else if (phi2 <= 0.006) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) * sin(phi2)
    if (phi2 <= (-0.00015d0)) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))
    else if (phi2 <= 0.006d0) then
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= -0.00015) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2))));
	} else if (phi2 <= 0.006) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= -0.00015:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2))))
	elif phi2 <= 0.006:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= -0.00015)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	elseif (phi2 <= 0.006)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= -0.00015)
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))));
	elseif (phi2 <= 0.006)
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, -0.00015], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[phi2, 0.006], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.00015:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.006:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if phi2 < -1.49999999999999987e-4

    1. Initial program 75.7%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def75.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*75.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified75.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 53.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*53.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified53.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 37.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]

    if -1.49999999999999987e-4 < phi2 < 0.0060000000000000001

    1. Initial program 71.1%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-170.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg70.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified70.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 70.6%

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

    if 0.0060000000000000001 < phi2

    1. Initial program 85.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 59.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 42.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification55.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.00015:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.006:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17: 53.0% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.044:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
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) (sin phi2))))
   (if (<= phi2 0.044)
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda1))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 0.044) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) * sin(phi2)
    if (phi2 <= 0.044d0) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 0.044) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 0.044:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 0.044)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 0.044)
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, 0.044], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.044:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 0.043999999999999997

    1. Initial program 72.7%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 53.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-153.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-153.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified53.2%

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

    if 0.043999999999999997 < phi2

    1. Initial program 85.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 59.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 42.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification50.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.044:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18: 57.6% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
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 (- lambda2 lambda1))) (t_1 (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))))
   (if (<= phi2 3.5e-28)
     (* R (acos (+ t_1 (* (cos phi1) t_0))))
     (* R (acos (+ t_1 (* (cos phi2) t_0)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda2 - lambda1));
	double t_1 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.5e-28) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_1 + (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos((t_1 + (cos(phi2) * t_0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 = cos((lambda2 - lambda1))
    t_1 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)
    if (phi2 <= 3.5d-28) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_1 + (cos(phi1) * t_0)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos((t_1 + (cos(phi2) * t_0)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1));
	double t_1 = Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.5e-28) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_1 + (Math.cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_1 + (Math.cos(phi2) * t_0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1))
	t_1 = math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.5e-28:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_1 + (math.cos(phi1) * t_0)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_1 + (math.cos(phi2) * t_0)))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))
	t_1 = Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.5e-28)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_1 + Float64(cos(phi1) * t_0))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_1 + Float64(cos(phi2) * t_0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos((lambda2 - lambda1));
	t_1 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.5e-28)
		tmp = R * acos((t_1 + (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos((t_1 + (cos(phi2) * t_0)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.5e-28], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$1 + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$1 + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\
t_1 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 3.5e-28

    1. Initial program 73.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 53.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-153.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-153.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg53.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified53.2%

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

    if 3.5e-28 < phi2

    1. Initial program 82.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 54.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-154.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-154.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg54.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified54.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification53.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.5 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19: 48.6% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 3.6e-14)
   (*
    R
    (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* phi1 (sin phi2))
      (* (+ (* -0.5 (* phi1 phi1)) 1.0) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda2))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) :: tmp
    if (phi2 <= 3.6d-14) then
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + ((((-0.5d0) * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0d0) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.6e-14:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda2)))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.6e-14], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(phi1 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 3.5999999999999998e-14

    1. Initial program 72.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-152.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-152.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified52.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 48.3%

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

    if 3.5999999999999998e-14 < phi2

    1. Initial program 85.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def85.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*85.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified85.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 62.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*62.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified62.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 32.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_1}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) + \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    10. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-+r+32.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_1}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative32.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_1}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      3. associate-*r*32.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_1}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-lft1-in32.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_1}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      5. unpow232.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    11. Simplified32.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification43.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20: 40.0% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ t_1 := R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -7.8 \cdot 10^{-222}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2.95 \cdot 10^{-198}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.22 \cdot 10^{-67}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_1\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;t_0\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
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
         (*
          R
          (acos (+ (* phi1 phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1)))))))
        (t_1
         (* R (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda2)))))))
   (if (<= phi2 -7.8e-222)
     t_1
     (if (<= phi2 2.95e-198)
       t_0
       (if (<= phi2 1.22e-67)
         t_1
         (if (<= phi2 3e-14)
           t_0
           (*
            R
            (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda2)))))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	double t_1 = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= -7.8e-222) {
		tmp = t_1;
	} else if (phi2 <= 2.95e-198) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (phi2 <= 1.22e-67) {
		tmp = t_1;
	} else if (phi2 <= 3e-14) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 = r * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    t_1 = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))))
    if (phi2 <= (-7.8d-222)) then
        tmp = t_1
    else if (phi2 <= 2.95d-198) then
        tmp = t_0
    else if (phi2 <= 1.22d-67) then
        tmp = t_1
    else if (phi2 <= 3d-14) then
        tmp = t_0
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	double t_1 = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda2))));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= -7.8e-222) {
		tmp = t_1;
	} else if (phi2 <= 2.95e-198) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else if (phi2 <= 1.22e-67) {
		tmp = t_1;
	} else if (phi2 <= 3e-14) {
		tmp = t_0;
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	t_1 = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda2))))
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= -7.8e-222:
		tmp = t_1
	elif phi2 <= 2.95e-198:
		tmp = t_0
	elif phi2 <= 1.22e-67:
		tmp = t_1
	elif phi2 <= 3e-14:
		tmp = t_0
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda2))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))))
	t_1 = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2)))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= -7.8e-222)
		tmp = t_1;
	elseif (phi2 <= 2.95e-198)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (phi2 <= 1.22e-67)
		tmp = t_1;
	elseif (phi2 <= 3e-14)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	t_1 = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= -7.8e-222)
		tmp = t_1;
	elseif (phi2 <= 2.95e-198)
		tmp = t_0;
	elseif (phi2 <= 1.22e-67)
		tmp = t_1;
	elseif (phi2 <= 3e-14)
		tmp = t_0;
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, -7.8e-222], t$95$1, If[LessEqual[phi2, 2.95e-198], t$95$0, If[LessEqual[phi2, 1.22e-67], t$95$1, If[LessEqual[phi2, 3e-14], t$95$0, N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\
t_1 := R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -7.8 \cdot 10^{-222}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_1\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2.95 \cdot 10^{-198}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.22 \cdot 10^{-67}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_1\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\
\;\;\;\;t_0\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if phi2 < -7.8000000000000002e-222 or 2.94999999999999987e-198 < phi2 < 1.22e-67

    1. Initial program 73.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def73.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*73.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified73.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff94.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative94.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr94.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 55.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*55.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified55.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 32.0%

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

    if -7.8000000000000002e-222 < phi2 < 2.94999999999999987e-198 or 1.22e-67 < phi2 < 2.9999999999999998e-14

    1. Initial program 70.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 70.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-170.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-170.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg70.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified70.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 65.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 65.3%

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

    if 2.9999999999999998e-14 < phi2

    1. Initial program 85.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def85.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*85.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified85.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 62.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*62.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified62.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 31.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification38.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -7.8 \cdot 10^{-222}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2.95 \cdot 10^{-198}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 1.22 \cdot 10^{-67}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21: 48.6% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 3.6e-14)
   (*
    R
    (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) :: tmp
    if (phi2 <= 3.6d-14) then
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.6e-14:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda2))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.6e-14], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 3.5999999999999998e-14

    1. Initial program 72.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-152.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-152.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified52.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 48.3%

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

    if 3.5999999999999998e-14 < phi2

    1. Initial program 85.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def85.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*85.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified85.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 62.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*62.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified62.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 31.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification43.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22: 26.9% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 10^{+113}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 1e+113)
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda1)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 1e+113) {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) :: tmp
    if (phi2 <= 1d+113) then
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 1e+113) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 1e+113:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 1e+113)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 1e+113)
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 1e+113], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 10^{+113}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 1e113

    1. Initial program 73.8%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 49.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-149.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-149.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg49.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified49.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 33.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 31.8%

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

    if 1e113 < phi2

    1. Initial program 85.8%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 18.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-118.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-118.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg18.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified18.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 8.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 6.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg6.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified6.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification27.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 10^{+113}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 23: 23.1% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -9.5 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
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 (* phi1 (sin phi2))))
   (if (<= lambda1 -9.5e-7)
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda1)))))
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda2))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = phi1 * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -9.5e-7) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 = phi1 * sin(phi2)
    if (lambda1 <= (-9.5d-7)) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = phi1 * Math.sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -9.5e-7) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = phi1 * math.sin(phi2)
	tmp = 0
	if lambda1 <= -9.5e-7:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda2))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda1 <= -9.5e-7)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = phi1 * sin(phi2);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda1 <= -9.5e-7)
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
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[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[lambda1, -9.5e-7], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -9.5 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda1 < -9.5000000000000001e-7

    1. Initial program 64.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 42.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-142.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-142.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified42.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 32.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 31.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg31.6%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified31.6%

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

    if -9.5000000000000001e-7 < lambda1

    1. Initial program 79.8%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 45.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-145.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-145.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified45.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 28.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 24.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification26.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -9.5 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24: 38.6% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 3.6e-14)
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) :: tmp
    if (phi2 <= 3.6d-14) then
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.6e-14:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda2))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.6e-14], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 3.5999999999999998e-14

    1. Initial program 72.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-152.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-152.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg52.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified52.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 36.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 34.1%

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

    if 3.5999999999999998e-14 < phi2

    1. Initial program 85.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def85.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*l*85.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Simplified85.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Applied egg-rr99.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 62.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*62.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified62.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 31.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification33.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 25: 22.4% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{-66}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi1 -1.45e-66)
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda1)))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* phi1 phi2)
      (* (cos (- lambda2 lambda1)) (+ (* -0.5 (* phi1 phi1)) 1.0)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -1.45e-66) {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * ((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) :: tmp
    if (phi1 <= (-1.45d-66)) then
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * (((-0.5d0) * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0d0))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -1.45e-66) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * ((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -1.45e-66:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * ((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -1.45e-66)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1)) * Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -1.45e-66)
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * ((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi1, -1.45e-66], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(phi1 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{-66}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -1.45000000000000006e-66

    1. Initial program 82.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 49.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-149.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-149.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg49.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified49.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 24.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 22.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 15.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg15.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Simplified15.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]

    if -1.45000000000000006e-66 < phi1

    1. Initial program 72.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 42.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-142.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-142.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg42.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified42.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 31.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 28.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 23.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_1}^{2} \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*23.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_1}^{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. distribute-lft1-in23.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_1}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      3. unpow223.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Simplified23.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification20.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.45 \cdot 10^{-66}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 26: 21.3% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -9.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= lambda1 -9.6e-6)
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda1)))))
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos lambda2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -9.6e-6) {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
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) :: tmp
    if (lambda1 <= (-9.6d-6)) then
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -9.6e-6) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if lambda1 <= -9.6e-6:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(lambda2))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda1 <= -9.6e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda1 <= -9.6e-6)
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda1))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos(lambda2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[lambda1, -9.6e-6], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -9.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda1 < -9.5999999999999996e-6

    1. Initial program 64.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 42.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-142.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-142.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg42.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified42.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 32.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 27.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 27.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg27.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    9. Simplified27.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]

    if -9.5999999999999996e-6 < lambda1

    1. Initial program 79.8%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 45.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-145.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-145.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      6. mul-1-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      7. distribute-neg-in45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      8. +-commutative45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      10. +-commutative45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg45.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Simplified45.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 28.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 26.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 23.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification24.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -9.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 27: 25.8% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
}
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 * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))))
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))))
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.9%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 44.5%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    2. +-commutative44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    3. neg-mul-144.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. neg-mul-144.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    5. remove-double-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. mul-1-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. distribute-neg-in44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    8. +-commutative44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    9. cos-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    10. +-commutative44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    11. mul-1-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    12. unsub-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  4. Simplified44.5%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 29.3%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 26.7%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  7. Final simplification26.7%

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

Alternative 28: 16.2% accurate, 2.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right)\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (acos
   (+
    (* phi1 phi2)
    (* (cos (- lambda2 lambda1)) (+ (* -0.5 (* phi1 phi1)) 1.0))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * ((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0))));
}
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 * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * (((-0.5d0) * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0d0))))
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * ((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0))));
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * ((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0))))
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1)) * Float64(Float64(-0.5 * Float64(phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0)))))
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos((lambda2 - lambda1)) * ((-0.5 * (phi1 * phi1)) + 1.0))));
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(-0.5 * N[(phi1 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + 1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 75.9%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 44.5%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    2. +-commutative44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    3. neg-mul-144.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    4. neg-mul-144.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    5. remove-double-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    6. mul-1-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\left(-\lambda_2\right) + \left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    7. distribute-neg-in44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    8. +-commutative44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    9. cos-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    10. +-commutative44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    11. mul-1-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
    12. unsub-neg44.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  4. Simplified44.5%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1}\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 29.3%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  6. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 26.7%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1\right) \cdot R \]
  7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 15.9%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_1}^{2} \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r*15.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_1}^{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. distribute-lft1-in15.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_1}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. unpow215.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(-0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} + 1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  9. Simplified15.9%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  10. Final simplification15.9%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \cdot \left(-0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1\right) + 1\right)\right) \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023175 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  :precision binary64
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))