Distance on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 62.8% → 63.1%

Time: 1.8min

Alternatives: 10

Speedup: 1.1×

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Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 62.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 63.1% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := \sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(t_0 \cdot t_0\right) \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right) + t_1 \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{2} - 0.5\right)}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0)))
        (t_1 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
        (t_2
         (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* t_0 t_0) t_1)))))
   (if (<= phi2 8.6e-5)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        t_2
        (sqrt
         (+
          (- 1.0 (pow (sin (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0))
          (* t_1 (- (/ (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) 2.0) 0.5)))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        t_2
        (sqrt
         (-
          (pow (cos (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0)
          (* (cos phi2) (pow (sin (* (- lambda1 lambda2) 0.5)) 2.0))))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = sqrt((pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((t_0 * t_0) * t_1)));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-5) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_2, sqrt(((1.0 - pow(sin((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0)) + (t_1 * ((cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0) - 0.5))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_2, sqrt((pow(cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * pow(sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)
    t_2 = sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0) + ((t_0 * t_0) * t_1)))
    if (phi2 <= 8.6d-5) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_2, sqrt(((1.0d0 - (sin((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0)) + (t_1 * ((cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0d0) - 0.5d0))))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(t_2, sqrt(((cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * (sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0))))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double t_1 = Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((t_0 * t_0) * t_1)));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-5) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_2, Math.sqrt(((1.0 - Math.pow(Math.sin((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0)) + (t_1 * ((Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0) - 0.5))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(t_2, Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.pow(Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)
	t_2 = math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0) + ((t_0 * t_0) * t_1)))
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 8.6e-5:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_2, math.sqrt(((1.0 - math.pow(math.sin((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0)) + (t_1 * ((math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0) - 0.5))))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(t_2, math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * math.pow(math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0))))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	t_2 = sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) * t_1)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-5)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_2, sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - (sin(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0)) + Float64(t_1 * Float64(Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0) - 0.5)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(t_2, sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * (sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)) ^ 2.0)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	t_2 = sqrt(((sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0) + ((t_0 * t_0) * t_1)));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-5)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_2, sqrt(((1.0 - (sin((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0)) + (t_1 * ((cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0) - 0.5))))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(t_2, sqrt(((cos((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * (sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)) ^ 2.0))))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, 8.6e-5], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$2 / N[Sqrt[N[(N[(1.0 - N[Power[N[Sin[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(t$95$1 * N[(N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision] - 0.5), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[t$95$2 / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi2 < 8.6000000000000003e-5

   1. Initial program 61.9%

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

      1. associate-*l* 61.9%

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

   3. Simplified 61.9%

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

      1. sin-mult 61.9%

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

      2. div-inv 61.9%

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

      3. metadata-eval 61.9%

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

      4. div-inv 61.9%

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

      5. metadata-eval 61.9%

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

      6. div-inv 61.9%

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

      7. metadata-eval 61.9%

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

      8. div-inv 61.9%

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

      9. metadata-eval 61.9%

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

   5. Applied egg-rr 61.9%

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

      1. div-sub 61.9%

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

      2. +-inverses 61.9%

         \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \color{blue}{0}}{2} - \frac{\cos \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5 + \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{2}\right)}}\right) \]

      3. cos-0 61.9%

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

      4. metadata-eval 61.9%

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

      5. distribute-lft-out 61.9%

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

      6. metadata-eval 61.9%

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

      7. *-rgt-identity 61.9%

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

   7. Simplified 61.9%

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

   8. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 53.5%

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

   if 8.6000000000000003e-5 < phi2

   1. Initial program 44.4%

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

      1. associate-*l* 44.4%

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

   3. Simplified 44.3%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 44.6%

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

      1. unpow2 44.6%

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

      2. 1-sub-sin 44.7%

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

      3. unpow2 44.7%

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

   6. Simplified 44.7%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 45.6%

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

4. Final simplification 51.4%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\right) + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{2} - 0.5\right)}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 2: 63.3% accurate, 0.8× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Julia

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

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

3. Simplified 57.1%

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

   1. sin-mult 57.1%

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

   2. div-inv 57.1%

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

   3. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   4. div-inv 57.1%

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

   5. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   6. div-inv 57.1%

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

   7. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   8. div-inv 57.1%

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

   9. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 57.1%

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

   1. div-sub 57.1%

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

   2. +-inverses 57.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \color{blue}{0}}{2} - \frac{\cos \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5 + \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   3. cos-0 57.1%

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

   4. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   5. distribute-lft-out 57.1%

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

   6. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   7. *-rgt-identity 57.1%

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

7. Simplified 57.1%

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

   1. cos-diff 57.6%

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

9. Applied egg-rr 57.6%

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

10. Final simplification 57.6%

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

Alternative 3: 63.3% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)
	t_2 = math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0)
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_2 + ((t_0 * t_0) * t_1))), math.sqrt(((1.0 - t_2) + (t_1 * ((((math.cos(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)) + (math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2))) / 2.0) - 0.5))))))

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	t_2 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_2 + Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) * t_1))), sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - t_2) + Float64(t_1 * Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) + Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) / 2.0) - 0.5)))))))
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

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

   1. associate-*l* 57.1%

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

3. Simplified 57.1%

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

   1. sin-mult 57.1%

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

   2. div-inv 57.1%

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

   3. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   4. div-inv 57.1%

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

   5. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   6. div-inv 57.1%

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

   7. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   8. div-inv 57.1%

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

   9. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 57.1%

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

   1. div-sub 57.1%

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

   2. +-inverses 57.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \color{blue}{0}}{2} - \frac{\cos \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5 + \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   3. cos-0 57.1%

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

   4. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   5. distribute-lft-out 57.1%

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

   6. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   7. *-rgt-identity 57.1%

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

7. Simplified 57.1%

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

   1. cos-diff 57.6%

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

9. Applied egg-rr 57.6%

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

10. Final simplification 57.6%

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

Alternative 4: 62.8% accurate, 0.9× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Julia

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

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

3. Simplified 57.1%

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

   1. sin-mult 57.1%

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

   2. div-inv 57.1%

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

   3. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   4. div-inv 57.1%

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

   5. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   6. div-inv 57.1%

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

   7. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   8. div-inv 57.1%

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

   9. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 57.1%

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

   1. div-sub 57.1%

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

   2. +-inverses 57.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \color{blue}{0}}{2} - \frac{\cos \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5 + \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   3. cos-0 57.1%

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

   4. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   5. distribute-lft-out 57.1%

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

   6. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   7. *-rgt-identity 57.1%

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

7. Simplified 57.1%

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

8. Final simplification 57.1%

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

Alternative 5: 62.8% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)
	t_2 = math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0)
	return R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_2 + ((t_0 * t_0) * t_1))), math.sqrt(((1.0 - t_2) + (t_1 * ((math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0) - 0.5))))))

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	t_1 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	t_2 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0
	return Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_2 + Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) * t_1))), sqrt(Float64(Float64(1.0 - t_2) + Float64(t_1 * Float64(Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) / 2.0) - 0.5)))))))
end

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

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

   1. associate-*l* 57.1%

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

3. Simplified 57.1%

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

   1. sin-mult 57.1%

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

   2. div-inv 57.1%

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

   3. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   4. div-inv 57.1%

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

   5. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   6. div-inv 57.1%

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

   7. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   8. div-inv 57.1%

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

   9. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

5. Applied egg-rr 57.1%

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

   1. div-sub 57.1%

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

   2. +-inverses 57.1%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right)}}{\sqrt{\left(1 - {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\right) - \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\frac{\cos \color{blue}{0}}{2} - \frac{\cos \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5 + \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}{2}\right)}}\right) \]

   3. cos-0 57.1%

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

   4. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   5. distribute-lft-out 57.1%

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

   6. metadata-eval 57.1%

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

   7. *-rgt-identity 57.1%

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

7. Simplified 57.1%

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

8. Final simplification 57.1%

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

Alternative 6: 63.2% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := {\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2}\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ t_2 := {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}\\ t_3 := \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_2}}{\sqrt{1 - \left(t_0 + t_3 \cdot \left(t_3 \cdot t_1\right)\right)}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{t_0 + \left(t_3 \cdot t_3\right) \cdot t_1}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_2}}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0))
        (t_1 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))
        (t_2 (pow (sin (* (- lambda1 lambda2) 0.5)) 2.0))
        (t_3 (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))
   (if (<= phi1 -3.5e-6)
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (* phi1 0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi1) t_2)))
        (sqrt (- 1.0 (+ t_0 (* t_3 (* t_3 t_1))))))))
     (*
      R
      (*
       2.0
       (atan2
        (sqrt (+ t_0 (* (* t_3 t_3) t_1)))
        (sqrt (- (pow (cos (* phi2 -0.5)) 2.0) (* (cos phi2) t_2)))))))))

C

assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = pow(sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0);
	double t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = pow(sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0);
	double t_3 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -3.5e-6) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((pow(sin((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) + (cos(phi1) * t_2))), sqrt((1.0 - (t_0 + (t_3 * (t_3 * t_1)))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_3 * t_3) * t_1))), sqrt((pow(cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Fortran

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: t_2
    real(8) :: t_3
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0d0)) ** 2.0d0
    t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)
    t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0
    t_3 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0d0))
    if (phi1 <= (-3.5d-6)) then
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin((phi1 * 0.5d0)) ** 2.0d0) + (cos(phi1) * t_2))), sqrt((1.0d0 - (t_0 + (t_3 * (t_3 * t_1)))))))
    else
        tmp = r * (2.0d0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_3 * t_3) * t_1))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * (-0.5d0))) ** 2.0d0) - (cos(phi2) * t_2)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function

Java

assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.pow(Math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0);
	double t_1 = Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2);
	double t_2 = Math.pow(Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0);
	double t_3 = Math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -3.5e-6) {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.sin((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) + (Math.cos(phi1) * t_2))), Math.sqrt((1.0 - (t_0 + (t_3 * (t_3 * t_1)))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * (2.0 * Math.atan2(Math.sqrt((t_0 + ((t_3 * t_3) * t_1))), Math.sqrt((Math.pow(Math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (Math.cos(phi2) * t_2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}

Python

[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.pow(math.sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)), 2.0)
	t_1 = math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)
	t_2 = math.pow(math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)), 2.0)
	t_3 = math.sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -3.5e-6:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((math.pow(math.sin((phi1 * 0.5)), 2.0) + (math.cos(phi1) * t_2))), math.sqrt((1.0 - (t_0 + (t_3 * (t_3 * t_1)))))))
	else:
		tmp = R * (2.0 * math.atan2(math.sqrt((t_0 + ((t_3 * t_3) * t_1))), math.sqrt((math.pow(math.cos((phi2 * -0.5)), 2.0) - (math.cos(phi2) * t_2)))))
	return tmp

Julia

phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0
	t_1 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	t_2 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)) ^ 2.0
	t_3 = sin(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -3.5e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64((sin(Float64(phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) + Float64(cos(phi1) * t_2))), sqrt(Float64(1.0 - Float64(t_0 + Float64(t_3 * Float64(t_3 * t_1))))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(2.0 * atan(sqrt(Float64(t_0 + Float64(Float64(t_3 * t_3) * t_1))), sqrt(Float64((cos(Float64(phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - Float64(cos(phi2) * t_2))))));
	end
	return tmp
end

MATLAB

phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(((phi1 - phi2) / 2.0)) ^ 2.0;
	t_1 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	t_2 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) * 0.5)) ^ 2.0;
	t_3 = sin(((lambda1 - lambda2) / 2.0));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -3.5e-6)
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt(((sin((phi1 * 0.5)) ^ 2.0) + (cos(phi1) * t_2))), sqrt((1.0 - (t_0 + (t_3 * (t_3 * t_1)))))));
	else
		tmp = R * (2.0 * atan2(sqrt((t_0 + ((t_3 * t_3) * t_1))), sqrt(((cos((phi2 * -0.5)) ^ 2.0) - (cos(phi2) * t_2)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end

Wolfram

NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$2 = N[Power[N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$3 = N[Sin[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -3.5e-6], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Sin[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(1.0 - N[(t$95$0 + N[(t$95$3 * N[(t$95$3 * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(2.0 * N[ArcTan[N[Sqrt[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[(t$95$3 * t$95$3), $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] / N[Sqrt[N[(N[Power[N[Cos[N[(phi2 * -0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.0], $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]]]

Derivation

1. Split input into 2 regimes

2. if phi1 < -3.49999999999999995e-6

   1. Initial program 44.5%

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

   2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 40.0%

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

      1. mul-1-neg 40.0%

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

      2. unsub-neg 40.0%

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

      3. *-commutative 40.0%

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

      4. *-commutative 40.0%

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

      5. associate-*l* 40.0%

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

   4. Simplified 40.0%

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

   5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 44.9%

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

   if -3.49999999999999995e-6 < phi1

   1. Initial program 61.5%

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

      1. associate-*l* 61.5%

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

   3. Simplified 61.5%

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

   4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 54.2%

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

      1. unpow2 54.2%

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

      2. 1-sub-sin 54.2%

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

      3. unpow2 54.2%

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

   6. Simplified 54.2%

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

   7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 54.9%

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

4. Final simplification 52.3%

   \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2} + \cos \phi_1 \cdot {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}}}{\sqrt{1 - \left({\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}}\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(2 \cdot \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sqrt{{\sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 - \phi_2}{2}\right)}^{2} + \left(\sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}}{\sqrt{{\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot -0.5\right)}^{2} - \cos \phi_2 \cdot {\sin \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot 0.5\right)}^{2}}}\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7: 49.3% accurate, 1.1× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

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

   1. associate-*l* 57.1%

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

3. Simplified 57.1%

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

4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 45.7%

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

   1. unpow2 45.7%

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

   2. 1-sub-sin 45.7%

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

   3. unpow2 45.7%

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

6. Simplified 45.7%

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

7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 46.4%

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

8. Final simplification 46.4%

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

Alternative 8: 34.9% accurate, 1.3× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

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

   1. associate-*l* 57.1%

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

3. Simplified 57.1%

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

4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 45.7%

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

   1. unpow2 45.7%

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

   2. 1-sub-sin 45.7%

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

   3. unpow2 45.7%

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

6. Simplified 45.7%

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

7. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 33.2%

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

8. Final simplification 33.2%

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

Alternative 9: 14.0% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

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

2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 37.8%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 37.8%

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

   2. unsub-neg 37.8%

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

   3. *-commutative 37.8%

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

   4. *-commutative 37.8%

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

   5. associate-*l* 37.8%

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

4. Simplified 37.8%

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

5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 14.5%

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

   1. sub-neg 14.5%

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

   2. div-inv 14.5%

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

   3. metadata-eval 14.5%

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

   4. associate-*l* 14.5%

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

   5. pow2 14.5%

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

   6. div-inv 14.5%

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

   7. metadata-eval 14.5%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 14.5%

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

8. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 14.5%

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

   1. associate--r+ 14.5%

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

   2. unpow2 14.5%

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

   3. 1-sub-sin 14.5%

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

   4. unpow2 14.5%

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

   5. unpow2 14.5%

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

   6. associate-*r* 14.5%

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

   7. sub-neg 14.5%

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

   8. mul-1-neg 14.5%

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

   9. distribute-lft-in 14.5%

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

   10. metadata-eval 14.5%

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

   11. associate-*r* 14.5%

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

   12. associate-*r* 14.5%

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

   13. metadata-eval 14.5%

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

   14. distribute-lft-in 14.5%

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

   15. sub-neg 14.5%

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

   16. mul-1-neg 14.5%

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

10. Simplified 14.5%

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

11. Final simplification 14.5%

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

Alternative 10: 14.1% accurate, 1.5× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

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

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 57.1%

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

2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 37.8%

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

   1. mul-1-neg 37.8%

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

   2. unsub-neg 37.8%

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

   3. *-commutative 37.8%

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

   4. *-commutative 37.8%

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

   5. associate-*l* 37.8%

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

4. Simplified 37.8%

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

5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 14.5%

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

   1. sub-neg 14.5%

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

   2. div-inv 14.5%

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

   3. metadata-eval 14.5%

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

   4. associate-*l* 14.5%

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

   5. pow2 14.5%

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

   6. div-inv 14.5%

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

   7. metadata-eval 14.5%

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

7. Applied egg-rr 14.5%

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

8. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 14.6%

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

   1. associate--r+ 14.6%

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

   2. unpow2 14.6%

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

   3. 1-sub-sin 14.6%

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

   4. unpow2 14.6%

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

   5. unpow2 14.6%

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

   6. associate-*r* 14.6%

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

   7. sub-neg 14.6%

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

   8. mul-1-neg 14.6%

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

   9. distribute-lft-in 14.6%

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

   10. metadata-eval 14.6%

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

   11. associate-*r* 14.6%

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

   12. associate-*r* 14.6%

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

   13. metadata-eval 14.6%

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

   14. distribute-lft-in 14.6%

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

   15. sub-neg 14.6%

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

   16. mul-1-neg 14.6%

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

10. Simplified 14.6%

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

11. Final simplification 14.6%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023176 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (* 2.0 (atan2 (sqrt (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))) (sqrt (- 1.0 (+ (pow (sin (/ (- phi1 phi2) 2.0)) 2.0) (* (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))) (sin (/ (- lambda1 lambda2) 2.0))))))))))