Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 59.6% → 99.8%
Time: 17.2s
Alternatives: 10
Speedup: 3.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\\ R \cdot \sqrt{t_0 \cdot t_0 + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))))
   (* R (sqrt (+ (* t_0 t_0) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2)))))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	return R * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0d0))
    code = r * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	return R * Math.sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))
	return R * math.sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))
	return Float64(R * sqrt(Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) + Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * Float64(phi1 - phi2)))))
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	tmp = R * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

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\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\\
R \cdot \sqrt{t_0 \cdot t_0 + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}
\end{array}
\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 10 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: 59.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\\ R \cdot \sqrt{t_0 \cdot t_0 + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))))
   (* R (sqrt (+ (* t_0 t_0) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2)))))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	return R * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0d0))
    code = r * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	return R * Math.sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))
	return R * math.sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))
	return Float64(R * sqrt(Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) + Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * Float64(phi1 - phi2)))))
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	tmp = R * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

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\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\\
R \cdot \sqrt{t_0 \cdot t_0 + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}
\end{array}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 99.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_2 \cdot \left(-\sin \phi_1\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (hypot
   (*
    (- lambda1 lambda2)
    (sqrt
     (+
      0.5
      (* 0.5 (fma (cos phi2) (cos phi1) (* (sin phi2) (- (sin phi1))))))))
   (- phi1 phi2))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * sqrt((0.5 + (0.5 * fma(cos(phi2), cos(phi1), (sin(phi2) * -sin(phi1))))))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * sqrt(Float64(0.5 + Float64(0.5 * fma(cos(phi2), cos(phi1), Float64(sin(phi2) * Float64(-sin(phi1)))))))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 + N[(0.5 * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * (-N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_2 \cdot \left(-\sin \phi_1\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 61.6%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-def97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt57.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    2. sqrt-unprod97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    3. sqr-cos-a97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(2 \cdot \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    4. cos-297.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) - \sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    5. cos-sum97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2} + \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    6. add-log-exp23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)} + \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    7. add-log-exp23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right) + \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    8. sum-log23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}} \cdot e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    9. exp-sqrt23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}}} \cdot e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    10. exp-sqrt23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \left(\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}}}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    11. add-sqr-sqrt23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \color{blue}{\left(e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    12. add-log-exp97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  5. Applied egg-rr97.0%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  7. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-sum99.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    2. fma-neg99.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1, -\sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  9. Applied egg-rr99.8%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1, -\sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  10. Final simplification99.8%

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

Alternative 2: 99.8% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (hypot
   (*
    (- lambda1 lambda2)
    (sqrt
     (+ 0.5 (* 0.5 (- (* (cos phi2) (cos phi1)) (* (sin phi2) (sin phi1)))))))
   (- phi1 phi2))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * sqrt((0.5 + (0.5 * ((cos(phi2) * cos(phi1)) - (sin(phi2) * sin(phi1))))))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.sqrt((0.5 + (0.5 * ((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(phi1)) - (Math.sin(phi2) * Math.sin(phi1))))))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.sqrt((0.5 + (0.5 * ((math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(phi1)) - (math.sin(phi2) * math.sin(phi1))))))), (phi1 - phi2))
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * sqrt(Float64(0.5 + Float64(0.5 * Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(phi1)) - Float64(sin(phi2) * sin(phi1))))))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * sqrt((0.5 + (0.5 * ((cos(phi2) * cos(phi1)) - (sin(phi2) * sin(phi1))))))), (phi1 - phi2));
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 + N[(0.5 * N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 61.6%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-def97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-sqr-sqrt57.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    2. sqrt-unprod97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    3. sqr-cos-a97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(2 \cdot \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    4. cos-297.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) - \sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    5. cos-sum97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2} + \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    6. add-log-exp23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)} + \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    7. add-log-exp23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right) + \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    8. sum-log23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}} \cdot e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    9. exp-sqrt23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}}} \cdot e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    10. exp-sqrt23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \left(\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}}}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    11. add-sqr-sqrt23.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \color{blue}{\left(e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    12. add-log-exp97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  5. Applied egg-rr97.0%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. +-commutative97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  7. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  8. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-sum99.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  9. Applied egg-rr99.8%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  10. Final simplification99.8%

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

Alternative 3: 96.0% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (hypot (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi2 phi1) 2.0))) (- phi1 phi2))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi2 + phi1) / 2.0))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos(((phi2 + phi1) / 2.0))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos(((phi2 + phi1) / 2.0))), (phi1 - phi2))
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi2 + phi1) / 2.0))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi2 + phi1) / 2.0))), (phi1 - phi2));
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi2 + phi1), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 61.6%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-def97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Final simplification97.0%

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

Alternative 4: 79.2% accurate, 1.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 3.8e-45)
   (* R (hypot phi1 (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (* 0.5 phi1)))))
   (* R (hypot (- lambda1 lambda2) (- phi1 phi2)))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.8e-45) {
		tmp = R * hypot(phi1, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((0.5 * phi1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.8e-45) {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot(phi1, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos((0.5 * phi1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.8e-45:
		tmp = R * math.hypot(phi1, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos((0.5 * phi1))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2))
	return tmp
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.8e-45)
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(phi1, Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(0.5 * phi1)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2), Float64(phi1 - phi2)));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.8e-45)
		tmp = R * hypot(phi1, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((0.5 * phi1))));
	else
		tmp = R * hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.8e-45], N[(R * N[Sqrt[phi1 ^ 2 + N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(0.5 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 3.79999999999999997e-45

    1. Initial program 64.0%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-def98.6%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 55.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2} + {\phi_1}^{2}} \cdot R} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative55.0%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2} + {\phi_1}^{2}}} \]
      2. +-commutative55.0%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{{\phi_1}^{2} + {\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}} \]
      3. unpow255.0%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1} + {\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \]
      4. unpow255.0%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \]
      5. unpow255.0%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1 + \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]
      6. unswap-sqr55.0%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]
      7. hypot-def81.2%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
    6. Simplified81.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

    if 3.79999999999999997e-45 < phi2

    1. Initial program 55.5%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-def93.1%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified93.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 82.5%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*82.5%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    6. Simplified82.5%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 84.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification82.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.8 \cdot 10^{-45}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 78.3% accurate, 1.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 3.6e-14)
   (* R (hypot phi1 (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (* 0.5 phi1)))))
   (* R (hypot phi2 (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (* 0.5 phi2)))))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * hypot(phi1, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((0.5 * phi1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * hypot(phi2, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((0.5 * phi2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14) {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot(phi1, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos((0.5 * phi1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot(phi2, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos((0.5 * phi2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.6e-14:
		tmp = R * math.hypot(phi1, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos((0.5 * phi1))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.hypot(phi2, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos((0.5 * phi2))))
	return tmp
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(phi1, Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(0.5 * phi1)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(phi2, Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(0.5 * phi2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.6e-14)
		tmp = R * hypot(phi1, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((0.5 * phi1))));
	else
		tmp = R * hypot(phi2, ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((0.5 * phi2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.6e-14], N[(R * N[Sqrt[phi1 ^ 2 + N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(0.5 * phi1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[Sqrt[phi2 ^ 2 + N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(0.5 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.6 \cdot 10^{-14}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\\


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

    1. Initial program 64.2%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-def98.6%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified98.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 55.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2} + {\phi_1}^{2}} \cdot R} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative55.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \sqrt{{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2} + {\phi_1}^{2}}} \]
      2. +-commutative55.5%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{{\phi_1}^{2} + {\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}} \]
      3. unpow255.5%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1} + {\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \]
      4. unpow255.5%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right)} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \]
      5. unpow255.5%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1 + \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]
      6. unswap-sqr55.5%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]
      7. hypot-def82.0%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
    6. Simplified82.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]

    if 3.5999999999999998e-14 < phi2

    1. Initial program 53.5%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-def92.0%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified92.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 47.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{{\phi_2}^{2} + {\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \cdot R} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative47.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \sqrt{{\phi_2}^{2} + {\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}} \]
      2. unpow247.3%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2} + {\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}^{2} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow247.3%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \]
      4. unpow247.3%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]
      5. unswap-sqr47.3%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_2 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}} \]
      6. hypot-def76.6%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
    6. Simplified76.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_2, \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification80.7%

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

Alternative 6: 69.2% accurate, 3.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 24000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 24000.0)
   (* R (hypot phi1 (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (* R (- phi2 phi1))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 24000.0) {
		tmp = R * hypot(phi1, (lambda1 - lambda2));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1);
	}
	return tmp;
}
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 24000.0) {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot(phi1, (lambda1 - lambda2));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1);
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 24000.0:
		tmp = R * math.hypot(phi1, (lambda1 - lambda2))
	else:
		tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1)
	return tmp
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 24000.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(phi1, Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(phi2 - phi1));
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 24000.0)
		tmp = R * hypot(phi1, (lambda1 - lambda2));
	else
		tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 24000.0], N[(R * N[Sqrt[phi1 ^ 2 + N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(phi2 - phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 24000:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 24000

    1. Initial program 63.8%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-def97.8%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified97.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 81.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*81.2%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    6. Simplified81.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\sqrt{{\phi_1}^{2} + {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \cdot R} \]
    8. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative52.8%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \sqrt{{\phi_1}^{2} + {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}} \]
      2. unpow252.8%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1} + {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \]
      3. unpow252.8%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1 + \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}} \]
      4. hypot-def71.5%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    9. Simplified71.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]

    if 24000 < phi2

    1. Initial program 54.1%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-def94.4%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified94.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around -inf 69.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \phi_2 + -1 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot R\right)} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative69.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot R} + -1 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot R\right) \]
      2. associate-*r*69.6%

        \[\leadsto \phi_2 \cdot R + \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot R} \]
      3. distribute-rgt-out69.6%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(\phi_2 + -1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} \]
      4. mul-1-neg69.6%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(\phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right)}\right) \]
    6. Simplified69.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(\phi_2 + \left(-\phi_1\right)\right)} \]
    7. Taylor expanded in R around 0 69.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification71.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 24000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 85.1% accurate, 3.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (* R (hypot (- lambda1 lambda2) (- phi1 phi2))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
}
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2))
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 61.6%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-def97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 81.7%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r*81.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  6. Simplified81.7%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 84.6%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  8. Final simplification84.6%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

Alternative 8: 28.3% accurate, 54.3× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{+17}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(-\phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 3.7e+17) (* R (- phi1)) (* R phi2)))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.7e+17) {
		tmp = R * -phi1;
	} else {
		tmp = R * phi2;
	}
	return tmp;
}
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 <= 3.7d+17) then
        tmp = r * -phi1
    else
        tmp = r * phi2
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.7e+17) {
		tmp = R * -phi1;
	} else {
		tmp = R * phi2;
	}
	return tmp;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.7e+17:
		tmp = R * -phi1
	else:
		tmp = R * phi2
	return tmp
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.7e+17)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(-phi1));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * phi2);
	end
	return tmp
end
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.7e+17)
		tmp = R * -phi1;
	else
		tmp = R * phi2;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.7e+17], N[(R * (-phi1)), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * phi2), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{+17}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(-\phi_1\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 3.7e17

    1. Initial program 64.2%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-def97.5%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified97.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around -inf 16.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot R\right)} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*16.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot R} \]
      2. mul-1-neg16.7%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right)} \cdot R \]
    6. Simplified16.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right) \cdot R} \]

    if 3.7e17 < phi2

    1. Initial program 51.5%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-def95.2%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified95.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around inf 67.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \phi_2} \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative67.5%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot R} \]
    6. Simplified67.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot R} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification27.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.7 \cdot 10^{+17}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(-\phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 29.5% accurate, 65.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right) \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2) :precision binary64 (* R (- phi2 phi1)))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * (phi2 - phi1);
}
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 * (phi2 - phi1)
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * (phi2 - phi1);
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * (phi2 - phi1)
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * Float64(phi2 - phi1))
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1);
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[(phi2 - phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 61.6%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-def97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around -inf 27.2%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \phi_2 + -1 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot R\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative27.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot R} + -1 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot R\right) \]
    2. associate-*r*27.2%

      \[\leadsto \phi_2 \cdot R + \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. distribute-rgt-out27.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(\phi_2 + -1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} \]
    4. mul-1-neg27.6%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(\phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right)}\right) \]
  6. Simplified27.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(\phi_2 + \left(-\phi_1\right)\right)} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in R around 0 27.6%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)} \]
  8. Final simplification27.6%

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

Alternative 10: 17.5% accurate, 109.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ R \cdot \phi_2 \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2) :precision binary64 (* R phi2))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * phi2;
}
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 * phi2
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * phi2;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * phi2
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * phi2)
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * phi2;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * phi2), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
R \cdot \phi_2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 61.6%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-def97.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified97.0%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around inf 16.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \phi_2} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative16.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot R} \]
  6. Simplified16.5%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot R} \]
  7. Final simplification16.5%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \phi_2 \]

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023175 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (sqrt (+ (* (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))