Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 60.5% → 99.8%

Time: 23.2s

Precision: binary64

Cost: 46016

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Math

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

↓

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

FPCore

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (sqrt
   (+
    (*
     (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))
     (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))))
    (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))

↓

(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (hypot
   (*
    (- lambda1 lambda2)
    (sqrt
     (+
      0.5
      (* 0.5 (fma (cos phi2) (cos phi1) (* (sin phi1) (- (sin phi2))))))))
   (- phi1 phi2))))

C

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * sqrt(((((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * ((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}

↓

double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * sqrt((0.5 + (0.5 * fma(cos(phi2), cos(phi1), (sin(phi1) * -sin(phi2))))))), (phi1 - phi2));
}

Julia

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * sqrt(Float64(Float64(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))) * Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))) + Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * Float64(phi1 - phi2)))))
end

↓

function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * sqrt(Float64(0.5 + Float64(0.5 * fma(cos(phi2), cos(phi1), Float64(sin(phi1) * Float64(-sin(phi2)))))))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end

Wolfram

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

↓

code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Sqrt[N[(0.5 + N[(0.5 * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * (-N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision])), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]

Derivation

1. Initial program 58.5%

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

2. Simplified 96.0%

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

   [Start] 58.5%	\[ R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
   hypot-def [=>] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]

3. Applied egg-rr 96.0%

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

   [Start] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   add-sqr-sqrt [=>] 64.3%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)} \cdot \sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   sqrt-unprod [=>] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   sqr-cos-a [=>] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(2 \cdot \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   cos-2 [=>] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) - \sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right) \cdot \sin \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   cos-sum [<=] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2} + \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   add-log-exp [=>] 29.3%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)} + \frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   add-log-exp [=>] 29.3%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right) + \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   sum-log [=>] 29.3%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\log \left(e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}} \cdot e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   exp-sqrt [=>] 29.3%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}}} \cdot e^{\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   exp-sqrt [=>] 29.3%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \left(\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}} \cdot \color{blue}{\sqrt{e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}}}\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   add-sqr-sqrt [<=] 29.3%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \log \color{blue}{\left(e^{\phi_1 + \phi_2}\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   add-log-exp [<=] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

4. Simplified 96.0%

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

   [Start] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 + \phi_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   +-commutative [=>] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

5. Applied egg-rr 99.9%

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

   [Start] 96.0%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   cos-sum [=>] 99.9%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
   fma-neg [=>] 99.9%	\[ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1, -\sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]

6. Final simplification 99.9%

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

Alternatives

Alternative 1
Accuracy	99.8%
Cost	46016

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

Alternative 2
Accuracy	88.2%
Cost	39748

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -1.65 \cdot 10^{-137}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_2 + \phi_1}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_2 \cdot \left(-\sqrt{0.5 + 0.5 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \phi_1 - \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3
Accuracy	99.8%
Cost	39680

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

Alternative 4
Accuracy	93.4%
Cost	13700

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 9.5:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5
Accuracy	96.2%
Cost	13696

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

Alternative 6
Accuracy	91.0%
Cost	13568

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

Alternative 7
Accuracy	36.2%
Cost	7369

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -2.3 \cdot 10^{-38} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 200000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_2 + \phi_1\right)\right) \cdot \left(R \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 8
Accuracy	36.1%
Cost	7241

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -3.1 \cdot 10^{-38} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 2900000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(R \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9
Accuracy	33.4%
Cost	585

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -4 \cdot 10^{-39} \lor \neg \left(\phi_2 \leq 250000000\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10
Accuracy	32.8%
Cost	584

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -3.1 \cdot 10^{-38}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(-\phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 2.8 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11
Accuracy	28.5%
Cost	388

\[\begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1 \cdot 10^{+71}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(-\phi_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12
Accuracy	17.5%
Cost	192

\[R \cdot \phi_2 \]

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2023272 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (sqrt (+ (* (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))