Bearing on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 79.5% → 99.7%

Time: 45.9s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 116992

Math

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

↓

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)} \end{array} \]

FPCore

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (atan2
  (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2))
  (-
   (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
   (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))

↓

(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi2) (sin phi1))))
   (atan2
    (*
     (- (* (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
     (cos phi2))
    (-
     (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2))
     (+
      (* (log1p (expm1 t_0)) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
      (* t_0 (* (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1))))))))

C

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

↓

double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos(phi2) * sin(phi1);
	return atan2((((sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - (cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((log1p(expm1(t_0)) * (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) + (t_0 * (cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))))));
}

Java

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return Math.atan2((Math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * Math.cos(phi2)), ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) - ((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}

↓

public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos(phi2) * Math.sin(phi1);
	return Math.atan2((((Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.cos(lambda2)) - (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2))) * Math.cos(phi2)), ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) - ((Math.log1p(Math.expm1(t_0)) * (Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2))) + (t_0 * (Math.cos(lambda2) * Math.cos(lambda1))))));
}

Python

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.atan2((math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * math.cos(phi2)), ((math.cos(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) - ((math.sin(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))

↓

def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos(phi2) * math.sin(phi1)
	return math.atan2((((math.sin(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)) - (math.cos(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2))) * math.cos(phi2)), ((math.cos(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) - ((math.log1p(math.expm1(t_0)) * (math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2))) + (t_0 * (math.cos(lambda2) * math.cos(lambda1))))))

Julia

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return atan(Float64(sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end

↓

function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(phi1))
	return atan(Float64(Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)) - Float64(cos(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) * cos(phi2)), Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - Float64(Float64(log1p(expm1(t_0)) * Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))) + Float64(t_0 * Float64(cos(lambda2) * cos(lambda1))))))
end

Wolfram

code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[ArcTan[N[(N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] - N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]

↓

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 76.3%

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

2. Applied egg-rr 90.0%

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

   [Start] 76.3%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   sin-diff [=>] 90.0%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   sub-neg [=>] 90.0%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \left(-\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]

3. Simplified 90.0%

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

   [Start] 90.0%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \left(-\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   sub-neg [<=] 90.0%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]

4. Applied egg-rr 99.7%

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

   [Start] 90.0%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
   cos-diff [=>] 99.7%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} \]
   +-commutative [=>] 99.7%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 99.7%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \]
   fma-def [=>] 99.7%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}} \]
   *-commutative [=>] 99.7%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right)} \]

5. Applied egg-rr 99.7%

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

   [Start] 99.7%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)} \]
   fma-udef [=>] 99.7%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}} \]
   distribute-lft-in [=>] 99.7%	\[ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \color{blue}{\left(\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1\right) + \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)}} \]

6. Applied egg-rr 99.8%

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

   [Start] 99.7%

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

   log1p-expm1-u [=>] 99.8%

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

7. Final simplification 99.8%

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Accuracy	99.7%
Cost	116992

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)} \end{array} \]

Alternative 2
Accuracy	99.7%
Cost	97408

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

Alternative 3
Accuracy	94.4%
Cost	91272

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - t_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_4 := \left(t_3 - t_0\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -4.5 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_4}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2 \cdot 10^{-56}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_4}{\phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - t_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_3 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right)\right)}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4
Accuracy	99.7%
Cost	91136

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

Alternative 5
Accuracy	94.4%
Cost	85000

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - t_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_4 := \left(t_3 - t_0\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_4}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.1 \cdot 10^{-56}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_4}{\phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - t_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_3 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right)\right)}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6
Accuracy	94.4%
Cost	84872

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_2 := t_1 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ t_4 := \left(t_3 - t_0\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -5.4 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_4}{t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 5 \cdot 10^{-57}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_4}{t_1 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_3 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_0\right)\right)\right)}{t_2}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 7
Accuracy	89.3%
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -5.4 \cdot 10^{-6} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 11200000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(t_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_2 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Accuracy	89.5%
Cost	71817

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq -2.9 \cdot 10^{-5} \lor \neg \left(\lambda_2 \leq 0.000235\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot t_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Accuracy	89.6%
Cost	71680

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

Alternative 10
Accuracy	88.3%
Cost	65416

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := t_1 \cdot t_2\\ t_4 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{-8}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_4 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_3}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.05 \cdot 10^{-5}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(t_4 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - t_3}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \sqrt[3]{{t_2}^{3}}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Accuracy	87.9%
Cost	65352

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.8 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_1 \cdot t_3\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.9 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \sqrt[3]{{t_3}^{3}}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Accuracy	88.2%
Cost	65352

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(t_3 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot t_2}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 2.95 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(t_3 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \sqrt[3]{{t_2}^{3}}}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13
Accuracy	87.9%
Cost	65288

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_3 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -9.2 \cdot 10^{-11}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_1 \cdot t_3\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 2.4 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - t_1 \cdot \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_3\right)\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 14
Accuracy	87.9%
Cost	65156

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -6.2 \cdot 10^{-12}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_1\right)\right)}{t_0}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 2.5 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15
Accuracy	87.9%
Cost	65156

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_2 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -4.4 \cdot 10^{-9}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - \mathsf{log1p}\left(\mathsf{expm1}\left(t_1\right)\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 2.9 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_2}{t_0 - t_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16
Accuracy	87.9%
Cost	52489

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.85 \cdot 10^{-11} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 4.8 \cdot 10^{-6}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17
Accuracy	70.8%
Cost	52361

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.00036 \lor \neg \left(\lambda_1 \leq 3.2 \cdot 10^{-9}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{t_0 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18
Accuracy	79.3%
Cost	52360

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.00039:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 12500000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{t_0 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{t_0 - \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19
Accuracy	72.2%
Cost	52228

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 1.25:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 - \sin \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20
Accuracy	79.5%
Cost	52224

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

Alternative 21
Accuracy	79.5%
Cost	52224

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

Alternative 22
Accuracy	65.9%
Cost	45696

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

Alternative 23
Accuracy	65.5%
Cost	39433

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ t_1 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -150 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 0.0255\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \left|\phi_1 \cdot t_0\right|}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24
Accuracy	64.4%
Cost	39304

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.12:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\lambda_1 \leq 1.42 \cdot 10^{+29}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 25
Accuracy	65.1%
Cost	39300

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 1600000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \left|\phi_1 \cdot t_0\right|}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 26
Accuracy	63.6%
Cost	39172

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ t_1 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -150:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.0305:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_1}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \phi_1}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 27
Accuracy	54.0%
Cost	32905

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -130000000 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 300000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\sin \phi_2 - \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot t_0}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 28
Accuracy	62.9%
Cost	32905

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -150 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 0.0255\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 29
Accuracy	62.9%
Cost	32905

\[\begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -155 \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 0.0255\right):\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \cos \lambda_2 \cdot \phi_1}\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\tan^{-1}_* \frac{t_0}{\sin \phi_2 - \sin \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 30
Accuracy	47.4%
Cost	32640

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023271 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Bearing on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))