Spherical law of cosines

Percentage Accurate: 73.6% → 93.7%
Time: 34.6s
Alternatives: 27
Speedup: 0.9×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))
  R))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * r
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R)
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 27 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 73.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))
  R))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * r
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R)
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + ((cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))) * R;
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 93.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  (acos
   (fma
    (sin phi1)
    (sin phi2)
    (*
     (cos phi1)
     (*
      (cos phi2)
      (+
       (cbrt (pow (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) 3.0))
       (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))
  R))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * (cbrt(pow((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)), 3.0)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))) * R;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(cbrt((Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) ^ 3.0)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))) * R)
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Power[N[Power[N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], 3.0], $MachinePrecision], 1/3], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * R), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 73.7%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Simplified73.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-diff94.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. +-commutative94.3%

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

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. add-cbrt-cube94.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{\left(\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. pow394.3%

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

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}}} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  7. Final simplification94.3%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sqrt[3]{{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}^{3}} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]

Alternative 2: 70.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))
   (if (<=
        (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))
        2.702)
     (* R (acos (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) t_0)))))
     (*
      R
      (acos
       (+
        (*
         (cos phi2)
         (fma (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2))))
        (* phi1 phi2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	double tmp;
	if (acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (t_0 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * t_0))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(t_0 * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * t_0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))) + Float64(phi1 * phi2))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(t$95$0 * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.702], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (acos.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 (sin.f64 phi1) (sin.f64 phi2)) (*.f64 (*.f64 (cos.f64 phi1) (cos.f64 phi2)) (cos.f64 (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2))))) < 2.702

    1. Initial program 74.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified74.6%

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

    if 2.702 < (acos.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 (sin.f64 phi1) (sin.f64 phi2)) (*.f64 (*.f64 (cos.f64 phi1) (cos.f64 phi2)) (cos.f64 (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2)))))

    1. Initial program 63.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified63.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr83.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. fma-def99.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg99.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified84.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification75.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 3: 70.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))))
   (if (<=
        (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))
        2.702)
     (* R (acos (fma (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))) t_0)))
     (*
      R
      (acos
       (+
        (*
         (cos phi2)
         (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
        (* phi1 phi2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (acos((t_0 + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(cos(phi1), (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1))), t_0));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(cos(phi1), Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))), t_0)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + Float64(phi1 * phi2))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.702], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t_0\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (acos.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 (sin.f64 phi1) (sin.f64 phi2)) (*.f64 (*.f64 (cos.f64 phi1) (cos.f64 phi2)) (cos.f64 (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2))))) < 2.702

    1. Initial program 74.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. add-cube-cbrt74.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\left(\sqrt[3]{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2}\right) \cdot \sqrt[3]{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2}} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. pow374.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2}\right)}^{3}} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Applied egg-rr74.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{{\left(\sqrt[3]{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2}\right)}^{3}} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 39.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) + {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)} \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. fma-def39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. sub-neg39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}, {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. neg-mul-139.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_2}\right), {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. neg-mul-139.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)}\right), {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      5. remove-double-neg39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right), {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. distribute-neg-in39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(\left(-\lambda_1\right) + \lambda_2\right)\right)}, {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. +-commutative39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + \left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)}\right), {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      8. mul-1-neg39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(-\left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right)\right), {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      9. cos-neg39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}, {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      10. mul-1-neg39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right), {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      11. sub-neg39.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}, {\left({\left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)}^{0.3333333333333333}\right)}^{3}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Simplified74.6%

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

    if 2.702 < (acos.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 (sin.f64 phi1) (sin.f64 phi2)) (*.f64 (*.f64 (cos.f64 phi1) (cos.f64 phi2)) (cos.f64 (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2)))))

    1. Initial program 63.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified63.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr83.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification75.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 4: 70.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))
   (if (<=
        (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))
        2.702)
     (* R (acos (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) t_0)))))
     (*
      R
      (acos
       (+
        (*
         (cos phi2)
         (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
        (* phi1 phi2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	double tmp;
	if (acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (t_0 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * t_0))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(t_0 * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * t_0)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + Float64(phi1 * phi2))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(t$95$0 * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.702], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (acos.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 (sin.f64 phi1) (sin.f64 phi2)) (*.f64 (*.f64 (cos.f64 phi1) (cos.f64 phi2)) (cos.f64 (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2))))) < 2.702

    1. Initial program 74.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified74.6%

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

    if 2.702 < (acos.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 (sin.f64 phi1) (sin.f64 phi2)) (*.f64 (*.f64 (cos.f64 phi1) (cos.f64 phi2)) (cos.f64 (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2)))))

    1. Initial program 63.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified63.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr83.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification75.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 5: 70.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))) (t_1 (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))
   (if (<= (acos (+ t_0 (* t_1 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2))))) 2.702)
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) t_1)))))
     (*
      R
      (acos
       (+
        (*
         (cos phi2)
         (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
        (* phi1 phi2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	double t_1 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	double tmp;
	if (acos((t_0 + (t_1 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * t_1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: t_1
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)
    t_1 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2))
    if (acos((t_0 + (t_1 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702d0) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * t_1))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2);
	double t_1 = Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	double tmp;
	if (Math.acos((t_0 + (t_1 * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi1) * (Math.cos(phi2) * t_1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.cos(phi2) * ((Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)) + (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)
	t_1 = math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))
	tmp = 0
	if math.acos((t_0 + (t_1 * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi1) * (math.cos(phi2) * t_1))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.cos(phi2) * ((math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)) + (math.cos(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2))
	t_1 = cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(t_1 * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * t_1)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + Float64(phi1 * phi2))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	t_1 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (acos((t_0 + (t_1 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))) <= 2.702)
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * t_1))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, Block[{t$95$1 = N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(t$95$1 * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision], 2.702], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
t_1 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + t_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_1\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (acos.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 (sin.f64 phi1) (sin.f64 phi2)) (*.f64 (*.f64 (cos.f64 phi1) (cos.f64 phi2)) (cos.f64 (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2))))) < 2.702

    1. Initial program 74.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 74.6%

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

    if 2.702 < (acos.f64 (+.f64 (*.f64 (sin.f64 phi1) (sin.f64 phi2)) (*.f64 (*.f64 (cos.f64 phi1) (cos.f64 phi2)) (cos.f64 (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2)))))

    1. Initial program 63.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified63.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative98.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Applied egg-rr83.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification75.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \leq 2.702:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 6: 93.7% accurate, 0.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (acos
   (fma
    (sin phi1)
    (sin phi2)
    (*
     (cos phi1)
     (*
      (cos phi2)
      (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))));
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))))
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 73.7%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Simplified73.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-diff94.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. +-commutative94.3%

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

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Final simplification94.3%

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

Alternative 7: 93.7% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (*
     (cos phi1)
     (*
      (cos phi2)
      (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))));
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))))
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi1) * (Math.cos(phi2) * ((Math.sin(lambda1) * Math.sin(lambda2)) + (Math.cos(lambda1) * Math.cos(lambda2)))))));
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi1) * (math.cos(phi2) * ((math.sin(lambda1) * math.sin(lambda2)) + (math.cos(lambda1) * math.cos(lambda2)))))))
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))))))
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))));
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 73.7%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-diff94.3%

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

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  4. Step-by-step derivation
    1. cos-neg94.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. *-commutative94.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. fma-def94.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. cos-neg94.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Simplified94.3%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  6. Taylor expanded in phi1 around inf 94.3%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  7. Final simplification94.3%

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

Alternative 8: 83.5% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.7 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.0001:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_0\right)} + -1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))
   (if (<= phi1 -3.7e-7)
     (* R (acos (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) t_0)))
     (if (<= phi1 0.0001)
       (*
        R
        (acos
         (+
          (* phi1 (sin phi2))
          (*
           (cos phi2)
           (fma
            (cos lambda2)
            (cos lambda1)
            (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))))))
       (*
        R
        (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (+ (exp (log1p t_0)) -1.0))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -3.7e-7) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), t_0));
	} else if (phi1 <= 0.0001) {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (exp(log1p(t_0)) + -1.0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -3.7e-7)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), t_0)));
	elseif (phi1 <= 0.0001)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(exp(log1p(t_0)) + -1.0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -3.7e-7], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[phi1, 0.0001], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Exp[N[Log[1 + t$95$0], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] + -1.0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.7 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.0001:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(t_0\right)} + -1\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -3.70000000000000004e-7

    1. Initial program 83.8%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified83.8%

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

    if -3.70000000000000004e-7 < phi1 < 1.00000000000000005e-4

    1. Initial program 66.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified66.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 66.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff89.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg89.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative89.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. fma-def90.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg90.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Simplified89.6%

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

    if 1.00000000000000005e-4 < phi1

    1. Initial program 79.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.3%

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg99.3%

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. fma-def99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified99.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. expm1-log1p-u99.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\mathsf{expm1}\left(\mathsf{log1p}\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      2. expm1-udef99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} - 1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      3. associate-*l*99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)} - 1\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. fma-udef99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)} - 1\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      5. *-commutative99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} - 1\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-diff79.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)} - 1\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Applied egg-rr79.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} - 1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -3.7 \cdot 10^{-7}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.0001:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(e^{\mathsf{log1p}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} + -1\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 9: 83.4% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.4 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.0001\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= phi1 -8.4e-7) (not (<= phi1 0.0001)))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (fma
      (sin phi1)
      (sin phi2)
      (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* phi1 (sin phi2))
      (*
       (cos phi2)
       (fma (cos lambda2) (cos lambda1) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((phi1 <= -8.4e-7) || !(phi1 <= 0.0001)) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((phi1 <= -8.4e-7) || !(phi1 <= 0.0001))
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * fma(cos(lambda2), cos(lambda1), Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[Or[LessEqual[phi1, -8.4e-7], N[Not[LessEqual[phi1, 0.0001]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.4 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.0001\right):\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -8.4e-7 or 1.00000000000000005e-4 < phi1

    1. Initial program 81.4%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified81.5%

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

    if -8.4e-7 < phi1 < 1.00000000000000005e-4

    1. Initial program 66.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified66.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 66.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff89.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg89.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative89.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. fma-def90.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg90.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Simplified89.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -8.4 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.0001\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 10: 83.5% accurate, 0.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.5 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.0001\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= phi1 -2.5e-7) (not (<= phi1 0.0001)))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (fma
      (sin phi1)
      (sin phi2)
      (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (*
       (cos phi2)
       (+ (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
      (* phi1 (sin phi2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((phi1 <= -2.5e-7) || !(phi1 <= 0.0001)) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * ((sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + (phi1 * sin(phi2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((phi1 <= -2.5e-7) || !(phi1 <= 0.0001))
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * Float64(Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2)) + Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))) + Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[Or[LessEqual[phi1, -2.5e-7], N[Not[LessEqual[phi1, 0.0001]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.5 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.0001\right):\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -2.49999999999999989e-7 or 1.00000000000000005e-4 < phi1

    1. Initial program 81.4%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified81.5%

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

    if -2.49999999999999989e-7 < phi1 < 1.00000000000000005e-4

    1. Initial program 66.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified66.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 66.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff89.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. +-commutative89.9%

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.8%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.5 \cdot 10^{-7} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 0.0001\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 11: 58.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.45 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= lambda2 2.45e-6)
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
      (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda1))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= 2.45e-6) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda2 <= 2.45e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[lambda2, 2.45e-6], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.45 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda2 < 2.44999999999999984e-6

    1. Initial program 78.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff92.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Applied egg-rr92.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg92.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative92.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. fma-def92.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg92.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified92.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 65.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative65.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*r*65.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified65.2%

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

    if 2.44999999999999984e-6 < lambda2

    1. Initial program 58.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified58.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 33.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg33.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. remove-double-neg33.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. mul-1-neg33.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-neg-in33.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      5. +-commutative33.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-neg33.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg33.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      8. unsub-neg33.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified33.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification57.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 2.45 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 12: 63.2% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.0075:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))))
   (if (<= lambda1 -0.0075)
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda1))))))
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -0.0075) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)
    if (lambda1 <= (-0.0075d0)) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -0.0075) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi1) * (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda1)))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi1) * (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)
	tmp = 0
	if lambda1 <= -0.0075:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi1) * (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda1)))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi1) * (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda2)))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda1 <= -0.0075)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda1 <= -0.0075)
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[lambda1, -0.0075], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.0075:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda1 < -0.0074999999999999997

    1. Initial program 64.1%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff99.3%

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg99.3%

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. fma-def99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg99.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified99.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 63.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative63.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
      2. associate-*r*63.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified63.0%

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

    if -0.0074999999999999997 < lambda1

    1. Initial program 77.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-diff92.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    3. Applied egg-rr92.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg92.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative92.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. fma-def92.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg92.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified92.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_2, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 65.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. *-commutative65.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      3. associate-*l*65.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      4. cos-neg65.0%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified65.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification64.4%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.0075:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 13: 73.6% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (acos
   (+
    (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))
    (* (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))))
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi1) * (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi1) * (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))))
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi1) * Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)))))))
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi1) * (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))))));
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 73.7%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 73.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
  3. Final simplification73.7%

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

Alternative 14: 59.3% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2))))
   (if (<= phi1 -26000000000000.0)
     (*
      R
      (acos
       (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))))
     (if (<= phi1 0.005)
       (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) (* (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) t_0))))
       (* R (acos (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) t_0)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))));
	} else if (phi1 <= 0.005) {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), t_0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))));
	elseif (phi1 <= 0.005)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * t_0))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), t_0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -26000000000000.0], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[phi1, 0.005], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.005:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot t_0\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -2.6e13

    1. Initial program 82.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 50.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg50.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. remove-double-neg50.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. mul-1-neg50.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-neg-in50.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      5. +-commutative50.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-neg50.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg50.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      8. unsub-neg50.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified50.4%

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

    if -2.6e13 < phi1 < 0.0050000000000000001

    1. Initial program 67.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 67.6%

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

    if 0.0050000000000000001 < phi1

    1. Initial program 79.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified79.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 60.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 37.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification56.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 0.005:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 15: 57.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))
   (if (<= phi2 8.6e-6)
     (* R (acos (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) (* (cos phi1) t_0))))
     (* R (acos (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) (* (cos phi2) t_0)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda2 - lambda1));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-6) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), (cos(phi2) * t_0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi1) * t_0))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), Float64(cos(phi2) * t_0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, 8.6e-6], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 8.60000000000000067e-6

    1. Initial program 70.0%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 48.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg48.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. remove-double-neg48.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. mul-1-neg48.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-neg-in48.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      5. +-commutative48.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-neg48.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg48.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      8. unsub-neg48.5%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified48.5%

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

    if 8.60000000000000067e-6 < phi2

    1. Initial program 83.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified83.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 58.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg58.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      2. remove-double-neg58.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. mul-1-neg58.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-neg-in58.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      5. +-commutative58.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-neg58.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg58.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      8. unsub-neg58.3%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified58.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification51.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 16: 56.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.15:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2))))
   (if (<= phi2 -0.15)
     (* R (acos (fma (sin phi1) (sin phi2) t_0)))
     (if (<= phi2 8.6e-6)
       (*
        R
        (acos
         (+
          (* (sin phi1) phi2)
          (*
           (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1)))
           (+ 1.0 (* -0.5 (pow phi2 2.0)))))))
       (*
        R
        (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) (* (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) t_0))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos(phi1) * cos(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= -0.15) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), t_0));
	} else if (phi2 <= 8.6e-6) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + ((cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1))) * (1.0 + (-0.5 * pow(phi2, 2.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * t_0)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= -0.15)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(sin(phi1), sin(phi2), t_0)));
	elseif (phi2 <= 8.6e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) * Float64(1.0 + Float64(-0.5 * (phi2 ^ 2.0)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * t_0))));
	end
	return tmp
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, -0.15], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[phi2, 8.6e-6], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 + N[(-0.5 * N[Power[phi2, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.15:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, t_0\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2}\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot t_0\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if phi2 < -0.149999999999999994

    1. Initial program 76.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified76.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 58.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 37.8%

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

    if -0.149999999999999994 < phi2 < 8.60000000000000067e-6

    1. Initial program 66.5%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified66.5%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 66.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_2}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) + \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_2}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-+l+66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_2}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      3. associate-*r*66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-rgt1-in66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      5. sub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. remove-double-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      8. distribute-neg-in66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      9. +-commutative66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      10. cos-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg66.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified66.1%

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

    if 8.60000000000000067e-6 < phi2

    1. Initial program 83.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 51.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification54.5%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq -0.15:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 17: 53.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi1 -2e+14)
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* (sin phi1) phi2)
      (*
       (* (cos phi1) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1)))
       (+ 1.0 (* -0.5 (pow phi2 2.0)))))))
   (*
    R
    (acos
     (+
      (* phi1 (sin phi2))
      (* (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -2e+14) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + ((cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1))) * (1.0 + (-0.5 * pow(phi2, 2.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (phi1 <= (-2d+14)) then
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + ((cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1))) * (1.0d0 + ((-0.5d0) * (phi2 ** 2.0d0))))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -2e+14) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + ((Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1))) * (1.0 + (-0.5 * Math.pow(phi2, 2.0))))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -2e+14:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + ((math.cos(phi1) * math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1))) * (1.0 + (-0.5 * math.pow(phi2, 2.0))))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -2e+14)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))) * Float64(1.0 + Float64(-0.5 * (phi2 ^ 2.0)))))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -2e+14)
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + ((cos(phi1) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1))) * (1.0 + (-0.5 * (phi2 ^ 2.0))))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi1, -2e+14], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[(1.0 + N[(-0.5 * N[Power[phi2, 2.0], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2}\right)\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -2e14

    1. Initial program 82.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 39.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_2}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right) + \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Step-by-step derivation
      1. +-commutative39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_2}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. associate-+l+39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left({\phi_2}^{2} \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      3. associate-*r*39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2}\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-rgt1-in39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      5. sub-neg39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. remove-double-neg39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      8. distribute-neg-in39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      9. +-commutative39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      10. cos-neg39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      11. mul-1-neg39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      12. unsub-neg39.9%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1 + \left(-0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2} + 1\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Simplified39.9%

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

    if -2e14 < phi1

    1. Initial program 71.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification50.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+14}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\right) \cdot \left(1 + -0.5 \cdot {\phi_2}^{2}\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 18: 53.4% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))
   (if (<= phi1 -26000000000000.0)
     (* R (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) phi2) (* (cos phi1) t_0))))
     (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) (* t_0 (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (t_0 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2))
    if (phi1 <= (-26000000000000.0d0)) then
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (t_0 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (t_0 * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2)))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -26000000000000.0:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * t_0)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (t_0 * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2)))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * t_0))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(t_0 * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0)
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (t_0 * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -26000000000000.0], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(t$95$0 * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -2.6e13

    1. Initial program 82.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 39.8%

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

    if -2.6e13 < phi1

    1. Initial program 71.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification50.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 19: 53.5% accurate, 1.2× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + t_0\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)) (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)))))
   (if (<= phi1 -2e+15)
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (sin phi1) phi2))))
     (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) t_0))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -2e+15) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (sin(phi1) * phi2)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + t_0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2))
    if (phi1 <= (-2d+15)) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (sin(phi1) * phi2)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + t_0))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (Math.cos(phi1) * Math.cos(phi2));
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -2e+15) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.sin(phi1) * phi2)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + t_0));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (math.cos(phi1) * math.cos(phi2))
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -2e+15:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.sin(phi1) * phi2)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + t_0))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)) * Float64(cos(phi1) * cos(phi2)))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -2e+15)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + t_0)));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2)) * (cos(phi1) * cos(phi2));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -2e+15)
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (sin(phi1) * phi2)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + t_0));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -2e+15], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -2e15

    1. Initial program 82.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 39.9%

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

    if -2e15 < phi1

    1. Initial program 71.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 52.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification50.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2 \cdot 10^{+15}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 20: 40.9% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi1 -26000000000000.0)
   (* R (acos (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))
   (*
    R
    (acos (+ (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))) (* phi1 (sin phi2)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0) {
		tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * sin(phi2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (phi1 <= (-26000000000000.0d0)) then
        tmp = r * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * sin(phi2))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * Math.sin(phi2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -26000000000000.0:
		tmp = R * math.acos(math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.cos(phi2) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * math.sin(phi2))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))) + Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -26000000000000.0)
		tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * sin(phi2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi1, -26000000000000.0], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -2.6e13

    1. Initial program 82.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified82.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 3.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 3.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 3.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 16.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg16.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. remove-double-neg16.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. mul-1-neg16.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-neg-in16.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      5. +-commutative16.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-neg16.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg16.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      8. unsub-neg16.2%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified16.2%

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

    if -2.6e13 < phi1

    1. Initial program 71.3%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified71.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 47.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification40.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -26000000000000:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 21: 53.2% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot t_0 + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))
   (if (<= phi2 8.6e-6)
     (* R (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) phi2) (* (cos phi1) t_0))))
     (* R (acos (+ (* (cos phi2) t_0) (* phi1 (sin phi2))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-6) {
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * t_0) + (phi1 * sin(phi2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2))
    if (phi2 <= 8.6d-6) then
        tmp = r * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((cos(phi2) * t_0) + (phi1 * sin(phi2))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-6) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.cos(phi2) * t_0) + (phi1 * Math.sin(phi2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 8.6e-6:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.sin(phi1) * phi2) + (math.cos(phi1) * t_0)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.cos(phi2) * t_0) + (phi1 * math.sin(phi2))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(sin(phi1) * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi1) * t_0))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * t_0) + Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = cos((lambda1 - lambda2));
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 8.6e-6)
		tmp = R * acos(((sin(phi1) * phi2) + (cos(phi1) * t_0)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * t_0) + (phi1 * sin(phi2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi2, 8.6e-6], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot t_0\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 8.60000000000000067e-6

    1. Initial program 70.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified70.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 43.4%

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

    if 8.60000000000000067e-6 < phi2

    1. Initial program 83.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified83.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 50.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification45.6%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8.6 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 22: 33.9% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 8e-6)
   (* R (acos (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 (sin phi2)) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda1)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 8e-6) {
		tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: tmp
    if (phi2 <= 8d-6) then
        tmp = r * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 8e-6) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * Math.sin(phi2)) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 8e-6:
		tmp = R * math.acos(math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * math.sin(phi2)) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 8e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 8e-6)
		tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * sin(phi2)) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 8e-6], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 7.99999999999999964e-6

    1. Initial program 70.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified70.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 32.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 23.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 19.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 26.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg26.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. remove-double-neg26.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. mul-1-neg26.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-neg-in26.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      5. +-commutative26.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-neg26.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg26.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      8. unsub-neg26.4%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified26.4%

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

    if 7.99999999999999964e-6 < phi2

    1. Initial program 83.0%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified83.0%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 50.9%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 39.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification30.2%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 8 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 23: 29.9% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.0075:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* phi1 (sin phi2))))
   (if (<= lambda1 -0.0075)
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda1)))))
     (* R (acos (+ t_0 (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda2))))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = phi1 * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -0.0075) {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    real(8) :: tmp
    t_0 = phi1 * sin(phi2)
    if (lambda1 <= (-0.0075d0)) then
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))))
    else
        tmp = r * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = phi1 * Math.sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -0.0075) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos((t_0 + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda2))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = phi1 * math.sin(phi2)
	tmp = 0
	if lambda1 <= -0.0075:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos((t_0 + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda2))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda1 <= -0.0075)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(t_0 + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = phi1 * sin(phi2);
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda1 <= -0.0075)
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	else
		tmp = R * acos((t_0 + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda2))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[lambda1, -0.0075], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(t$95$0 + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.0075:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(t_0 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda1 < -0.0074999999999999997

    1. Initial program 64.1%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified64.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 33.3%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 32.2%

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

    if -0.0074999999999999997 < lambda1

    1. Initial program 77.6%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified77.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 39.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 32.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(-\lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Step-by-step derivation
      1. cos-neg32.1%

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification32.1%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -0.0075:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 24: 31.9% accurate, 1.9× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.4 \cdot 10^{-98} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 4.3 \cdot 10^{-110}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (or (<= phi1 -2.4e-98) (not (<= phi1 4.3e-110)))
   (* R (acos (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))
   (* R (acos (+ (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))) (* phi1 phi2))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((phi1 <= -2.4e-98) || !(phi1 <= 4.3e-110)) {
		tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((phi1 <= (-2.4d-98)) .or. (.not. (phi1 <= 4.3d-110))) then
        tmp = r * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * phi2)))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((phi1 <= -2.4e-98) || !(phi1 <= 4.3e-110)) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if (phi1 <= -2.4e-98) or not (phi1 <= 4.3e-110):
		tmp = R * math.acos(math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((math.cos(phi2) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * phi2)))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if ((phi1 <= -2.4e-98) || !(phi1 <= 4.3e-110))
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))) + Float64(phi1 * phi2))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((phi1 <= -2.4e-98) || ~((phi1 <= 4.3e-110)))
		tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))) + (phi1 * phi2)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[Or[LessEqual[phi1, -2.4e-98], N[Not[LessEqual[phi1, 4.3e-110]], $MachinePrecision]], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.4 \cdot 10^{-98} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 4.3 \cdot 10^{-110}\right):\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -2.40000000000000005e-98 or 4.30000000000000025e-110 < phi1

    1. Initial program 78.2%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified78.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 23.6%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 10.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 8.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 20.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg20.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. remove-double-neg20.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. mul-1-neg20.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-neg-in20.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      5. +-commutative20.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-neg20.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg20.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      8. unsub-neg20.8%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified20.8%

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

    if -2.40000000000000005e-98 < phi1 < 4.30000000000000025e-110

    1. Initial program 65.2%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified65.2%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 65.2%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 53.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification31.9%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -2.4 \cdot 10^{-98} \lor \neg \left(\phi_1 \leq 4.3 \cdot 10^{-110}\right):\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 25: 22.4% accurate, 2.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{+26}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= (- lambda1 lambda2) -8e+26)
   (* R (acos (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))))
   (* R (acos (+ (* phi1 phi2) (* (cos phi2) (cos lambda1)))))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= -8e+26) {
		tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: tmp
    if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= (-8d+26)) then
        tmp = r * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
    else
        tmp = r * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))))
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= -8e+26) {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos(lambda1))));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if (lambda1 - lambda2) <= -8e+26:
		tmp = R * math.acos(math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos(lambda1))))
	return tmp
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) <= -8e+26)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(Float64(Float64(phi1 * phi2) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1)))));
	end
	return tmp
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if ((lambda1 - lambda2) <= -8e+26)
		tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
	else
		tmp = R * acos(((phi1 * phi2) + (cos(phi2) * cos(lambda1))));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision], -8e+26], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{+26}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2) < -8.00000000000000038e26

    1. Initial program 73.4%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified73.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 33.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 22.8%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 16.5%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 28.7%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \cdot R \]
    7. Step-by-step derivation
      1. sub-neg28.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. remove-double-neg28.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      3. mul-1-neg28.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. distribute-neg-in28.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      5. +-commutative28.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      6. cos-neg28.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
      7. mul-1-neg28.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      8. unsub-neg28.7%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
    8. Simplified28.7%

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

    if -8.00000000000000038e26 < (-.f64 lambda1 lambda2)

    1. Initial program 73.9%

      \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    2. Simplified73.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
    3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 40.4%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 26.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    5. Taylor expanded in lambda2 around 0 19.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative19.1%

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Simplified19.1%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1}\right) \cdot R \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification22.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 - \lambda_2 \leq -8 \cdot 10^{+26}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \lambda_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]

Alternative 26: 26.1% accurate, 3.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (* R (acos (cos (- lambda2 lambda1)))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = r * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.acos(Math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.acos(math.cos((lambda2 - lambda1)))
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))))
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * acos(cos((lambda2 - lambda1)));
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 73.7%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Simplified73.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
  3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 37.9%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
  4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 24.8%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 15.4%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  6. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 24.0%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \cdot R \]
  7. Step-by-step derivation
    1. sub-neg24.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    2. remove-double-neg24.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\color{blue}{\left(-\left(-\lambda_1\right)\right)} + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    3. mul-1-neg24.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\left(-\color{blue}{-1 \cdot \lambda_1}\right) + \left(-\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. distribute-neg-in24.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(-\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_1 + \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    5. +-commutative24.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(-\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    6. cos-neg24.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 + -1 \cdot \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
    7. mul-1-neg24.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \left(\lambda_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_1\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    8. unsub-neg24.0%

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \cos \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
  8. Simplified24.0%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right)} \cdot R \]
  9. Final simplification24.0%

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

Alternative 27: 9.6% accurate, 5.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (* R (acos (* phi1 phi2))))
assert(phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * acos((phi1 * phi2));
}
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = r * acos((phi1 * phi2))
end function
assert phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.acos((phi1 * phi2));
}
[phi1, phi2] = sort([phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.acos((phi1 * phi2))
phi1, phi2 = sort([phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * acos(Float64(phi1 * phi2)))
end
phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * acos((phi1 * phi2));
end
NOTE: phi1 and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(phi1 * phi2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 73.7%

    \[\cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  2. Simplified73.7%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R} \]
  3. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 37.9%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
  4. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 24.8%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2} + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 15.4%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2 + \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
  6. Taylor expanded in phi1 around inf 9.0%

    \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\phi_1 \cdot \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
  7. Final simplification9.0%

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

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2023302 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  :precision binary64
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))