Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 59.4% → 95.7%
Time: 16.0s
Alternatives: 10
Speedup: 3.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\\ R \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 \cdot t\_0 + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))))
   (* R (sqrt (+ (* t_0 t_0) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2)))))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	return R * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0d0))
    code = r * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	return R * Math.sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))
	return R * math.sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))
	return Float64(R * sqrt(Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) + Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * Float64(phi1 - phi2)))))
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	tmp = R * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

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\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\\
R \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 \cdot t\_0 + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}
\end{array}
\end{array}

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 10 alternatives:

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

Initial Program: 59.4% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\\ R \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 \cdot t\_0 + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))))
   (* R (sqrt (+ (* t_0 t_0) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2)))))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	return R * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}
real(8) function code(r, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: r
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    real(8) :: t_0
    t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0d0))
    code = r * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))
end function
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	return R * Math.sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
}
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))
	return R * math.sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))))
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0)))
	return Float64(R * sqrt(Float64(Float64(t_0 * t_0) + Float64(Float64(phi1 - phi2) * Float64(phi1 - phi2)))))
end
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = (lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0));
	tmp = R * sqrt(((t_0 * t_0) + ((phi1 - phi2) * (phi1 - phi2))));
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(t$95$0 * t$95$0), $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] * N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}

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\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\\
R \cdot \sqrt{t\_0 \cdot t\_0 + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)}
\end{array}
\end{array}

Alternative 1: 95.7% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1250:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi1 -1250.0)
   (* R (hypot (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (* phi1 0.5))) (- phi1 phi2)))
   (* R (hypot (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (* phi2 0.5))) (- phi1 phi2)))))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -1250.0) {
		tmp = R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((phi1 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
	} else {
		tmp = R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((phi2 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -1250.0) {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos((phi2 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi1 <= -1250.0:
		tmp = R * math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos((phi1 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos((phi2 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2))
	return tmp
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -1250.0)
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(phi2 * 0.5))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)));
	end
	return tmp
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi1 <= -1250.0)
		tmp = R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((phi1 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
	else
		tmp = R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((phi2 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi1, -1250.0], N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(phi2 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1250:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -1250

    1. Initial program 53.4%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define89.9%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified89.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 89.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative89.9%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    7. Simplified89.9%

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

    if -1250 < phi1

    1. Initial program 62.1%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define95.2%

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

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 91.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative91.7%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    7. Simplified91.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification91.3%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1250:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 2: 85.9% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 9 \cdot 10^{+126}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \left(-\lambda_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= lambda2 9e+126)
   (* R (hypot (- lambda1 lambda2) (- phi1 phi2)))
   (* R (hypot (* (cos (* phi2 0.5)) (- lambda2)) (- phi1 phi2)))))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= 9e+126) {
		tmp = R * hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	} else {
		tmp = R * hypot((cos((phi2 * 0.5)) * -lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda2 <= 9e+126) {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	} else {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot((Math.cos((phi2 * 0.5)) * -lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if lambda2 <= 9e+126:
		tmp = R * math.hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2))
	else:
		tmp = R * math.hypot((math.cos((phi2 * 0.5)) * -lambda2), (phi1 - phi2))
	return tmp
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda2 <= 9e+126)
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2), Float64(phi1 - phi2)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(Float64(cos(Float64(phi2 * 0.5)) * Float64(-lambda2)), Float64(phi1 - phi2)));
	end
	return tmp
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda2 <= 9e+126)
		tmp = R * hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	else
		tmp = R * hypot((cos((phi2 * 0.5)) * -lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[lambda2, 9e+126], N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[Cos[N[(phi2 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * (-lambda2)), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 9 \cdot 10^{+126}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \left(-\lambda_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda2 < 8.99999999999999947e126

    1. Initial program 63.5%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define94.9%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified94.9%

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    8. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 84.8%

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

    if 8.99999999999999947e126 < lambda2

    1. Initial program 41.9%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define88.8%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified88.8%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 89.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. *-commutative89.0%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    7. Simplified89.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    8. Taylor expanded in lambda1 around 0 85.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. neg-mul-185.9%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    10. Simplified85.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(-\lambda_2\right)} \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification85.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_2 \leq 9 \cdot 10^{+126}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\cos \left(\phi_2 \cdot 0.5\right) \cdot \left(-\lambda_2\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 3: 96.1% accurate, 1.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (*
  R
  (hypot (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))) (- phi1 phi2))))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))), (phi1 - phi2))
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(Float64(phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(((phi1 + phi2) / 2.0))), (phi1 - phi2));
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(N[(phi1 + phi2), $MachinePrecision] / 2.0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 60.0%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-define93.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified93.9%

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

Alternative 4: 90.9% accurate, 1.6× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (* R (hypot (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (* phi1 0.5))) (- phi1 phi2))))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((phi1 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * Math.cos((phi1 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * math.cos((phi1 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2))
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2) * cos(Float64(phi1 * 0.5))), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * hypot(((lambda1 - lambda2) * cos((phi1 * 0.5))), (phi1 - phi2));
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(phi1 * 0.5), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\phi_1 \cdot 0.5\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 60.0%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-define93.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified93.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 88.9%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. *-commutative88.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  7. Simplified88.9%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  8. Final simplification88.9%

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

Alternative 5: 80.3% accurate, 3.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.0023:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\phi_2 \cdot \left(R - R \cdot \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 0.0023)
   (* R (hypot phi1 (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (* phi2 (- R (* R (/ phi1 phi2))))))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 0.0023) {
		tmp = R * hypot(phi1, (lambda1 - lambda2));
	} else {
		tmp = phi2 * (R - (R * (phi1 / phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 0.0023) {
		tmp = R * Math.hypot(phi1, (lambda1 - lambda2));
	} else {
		tmp = phi2 * (R - (R * (phi1 / phi2)));
	}
	return tmp;
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 0.0023:
		tmp = R * math.hypot(phi1, (lambda1 - lambda2))
	else:
		tmp = phi2 * (R - (R * (phi1 / phi2)))
	return tmp
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 0.0023)
		tmp = Float64(R * hypot(phi1, Float64(lambda1 - lambda2)));
	else
		tmp = Float64(phi2 * Float64(R - Float64(R * Float64(phi1 / phi2))));
	end
	return tmp
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 0.0023)
		tmp = R * hypot(phi1, (lambda1 - lambda2));
	else
		tmp = phi2 * (R - (R * (phi1 / phi2)));
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 0.0023], N[(R * N[Sqrt[phi1 ^ 2 + N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(phi2 * N[(R - N[(R * N[(phi1 / phi2), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 0.0023:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 0.0023

    1. Initial program 63.5%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define96.7%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified96.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 84.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*84.3%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    7. Simplified84.3%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
    8. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 52.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \sqrt{{\phi_1}^{2} + {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}}} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. unpow252.1%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1} + {\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}^{2}} \]
      2. unpow252.1%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \sqrt{\phi_1 \cdot \phi_1 + \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}} \]
      3. hypot-define72.2%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\phi_1, \lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    10. Simplified72.2%

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

    if 0.0023 < phi2

    1. Initial program 51.6%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define87.3%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified87.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around inf 55.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot \left(R + -1 \cdot \frac{R \cdot \phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg55.6%

        \[\leadsto \phi_2 \cdot \left(R + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{R \cdot \phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)}\right) \]
      2. unsub-neg55.6%

        \[\leadsto \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(R - \frac{R \cdot \phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)} \]
      3. associate-/l*59.6%

        \[\leadsto \phi_2 \cdot \left(R - \color{blue}{R \cdot \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}}\right) \]
    7. Simplified59.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\phi_2 \cdot \left(R - R \cdot \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 6: 85.4% accurate, 3.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (* R (hypot (- lambda1 lambda2) (- phi1 phi2))))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
}
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * Math.hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * math.hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2))
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * hypot(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2), Float64(phi1 - phi2)))
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * hypot((lambda1 - lambda2), (phi1 - phi2));
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[Sqrt[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2 + N[(phi1 - phi2), $MachinePrecision] ^ 2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 60.0%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-define93.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified93.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around 0 80.5%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + -0.5 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)\right)\right)}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. associate-*r*80.5%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \left(\cos \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right) + \color{blue}{\left(-0.5 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \sin \left(0.5 \cdot \phi_2\right)}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  7. Simplified80.5%

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

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\color{blue}{\lambda_1 - \lambda_2}, \phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \]
  9. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 7: 58.6% accurate, 23.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -2.45 \cdot 10^{+141}:\\ \;\;\;\;\phi_1 \cdot \left(\frac{R \cdot \phi_2}{\phi_1} - R\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= lambda1 -2.45e+141)
   (* phi1 (- (/ (* R phi2) phi1) R))
   (* R (- phi2 phi1))))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -2.45e+141) {
		tmp = phi1 * (((R * phi2) / phi1) - R);
	} else {
		tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1);
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, 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 <= (-2.45d+141)) then
        tmp = phi1 * (((r * phi2) / phi1) - r)
    else
        tmp = r * (phi2 - phi1)
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (lambda1 <= -2.45e+141) {
		tmp = phi1 * (((R * phi2) / phi1) - R);
	} else {
		tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1);
	}
	return tmp;
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if lambda1 <= -2.45e+141:
		tmp = phi1 * (((R * phi2) / phi1) - R)
	else:
		tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1)
	return tmp
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (lambda1 <= -2.45e+141)
		tmp = Float64(phi1 * Float64(Float64(Float64(R * phi2) / phi1) - R));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * Float64(phi2 - phi1));
	end
	return tmp
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (lambda1 <= -2.45e+141)
		tmp = phi1 * (((R * phi2) / phi1) - R);
	else
		tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1);
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[lambda1, -2.45e+141], N[(phi1 * N[(N[(N[(R * phi2), $MachinePrecision] / phi1), $MachinePrecision] - R), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * N[(phi2 - phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -2.45 \cdot 10^{+141}:\\
\;\;\;\;\phi_1 \cdot \left(\frac{R \cdot \phi_2}{\phi_1} - R\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if lambda1 < -2.45000000000000005e141

    1. Initial program 40.9%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define84.1%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified84.1%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around -inf 26.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(\phi_1 \cdot \left(R + -1 \cdot \frac{R \cdot \phi_2}{\phi_1}\right)\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. associate-*r*26.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-1 \cdot \phi_1\right) \cdot \left(R + -1 \cdot \frac{R \cdot \phi_2}{\phi_1}\right)} \]
      2. mul-1-neg26.4%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right)} \cdot \left(R + -1 \cdot \frac{R \cdot \phi_2}{\phi_1}\right) \]
      3. associate-*r/26.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(-\phi_1\right) \cdot \left(R + \color{blue}{\frac{-1 \cdot \left(R \cdot \phi_2\right)}{\phi_1}}\right) \]
      4. mul-1-neg26.4%

        \[\leadsto \left(-\phi_1\right) \cdot \left(R + \frac{\color{blue}{-R \cdot \phi_2}}{\phi_1}\right) \]
    7. Simplified26.4%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right) \cdot \left(R + \frac{-R \cdot \phi_2}{\phi_1}\right)} \]

    if -2.45000000000000005e141 < lambda1

    1. Initial program 63.2%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define95.6%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified95.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around inf 30.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 \cdot \left(1 + -1 \cdot \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg30.7%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)}\right)\right) \]
      2. unsub-neg30.7%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)}\right) \]
    7. Simplified30.7%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 \cdot \left(1 - \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)\right)} \]
    8. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 30.8%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 + -1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} \]
    9. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg30.8%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(\phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right)}\right) \]
      2. sub-neg30.8%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)} \]
    10. Simplified30.8%

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

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\lambda_1 \leq -2.45 \cdot 10^{+141}:\\ \;\;\;\;\phi_1 \cdot \left(\frac{R \cdot \phi_2}{\phi_1} - R\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 8: 52.8% accurate, 36.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;\phi_1 \cdot \left(-R\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (if (<= phi2 3.9e-28) (* phi1 (- R)) (* R phi2)))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.9e-28) {
		tmp = phi1 * -R;
	} else {
		tmp = R * phi2;
	}
	return tmp;
}
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, 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 <= 3.9d-28) then
        tmp = phi1 * -r
    else
        tmp = r * phi2
    end if
    code = tmp
end function
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double tmp;
	if (phi2 <= 3.9e-28) {
		tmp = phi1 * -R;
	} else {
		tmp = R * phi2;
	}
	return tmp;
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	tmp = 0
	if phi2 <= 3.9e-28:
		tmp = phi1 * -R
	else:
		tmp = R * phi2
	return tmp
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi2 <= 3.9e-28)
		tmp = Float64(phi1 * Float64(-R));
	else
		tmp = Float64(R * phi2);
	end
	return tmp
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp_2 = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = 0.0;
	if (phi2 <= 3.9e-28)
		tmp = phi1 * -R;
	else
		tmp = R * phi2;
	end
	tmp_2 = tmp;
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := If[LessEqual[phi2, 3.9e-28], N[(phi1 * (-R)), $MachinePrecision], N[(R * phi2), $MachinePrecision]]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
\begin{array}{l}
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\
\;\;\;\;\phi_1 \cdot \left(-R\right)\\

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


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 2 regimes
  2. if phi2 < 3.89999999999999999e-28

    1. Initial program 63.7%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define96.7%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified96.7%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi1 around -inf 17.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-1 \cdot \left(R \cdot \phi_1\right)} \]
    6. Step-by-step derivation
      1. mul-1-neg17.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{-R \cdot \phi_1} \]
      2. distribute-rgt-neg-in17.3%

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \left(-\phi_1\right)} \]
    7. Simplified17.3%

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

    if 3.89999999999999999e-28 < phi2

    1. Initial program 51.7%

      \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    2. Step-by-step derivation
      1. hypot-define87.6%

        \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    3. Simplified87.6%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
    4. Add Preprocessing
    5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around inf 57.9%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \phi_2} \]
  3. Recombined 2 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification29.7%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_2 \leq 3.9 \cdot 10^{-28}:\\ \;\;\;\;\phi_1 \cdot \left(-R\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \phi_2\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 9: 58.5% accurate, 65.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right) \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2) :precision binary64 (* R (- phi2 phi1)))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * (phi2 - phi1);
}
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, 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 * (phi2 - phi1)
end function
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * (phi2 - phi1);
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * (phi2 - phi1)
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * Float64(phi2 - phi1))
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * (phi2 - phi1);
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * N[(phi2 - phi1), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 60.0%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-define93.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified93.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around inf 28.2%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 \cdot \left(1 + -1 \cdot \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)\right)} \]
  6. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-neg28.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \left(1 + \color{blue}{\left(-\frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)}\right)\right) \]
    2. unsub-neg28.2%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(\phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(1 - \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)}\right) \]
  7. Simplified28.2%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 \cdot \left(1 - \frac{\phi_1}{\phi_2}\right)\right)} \]
  8. Taylor expanded in phi2 around 0 29.0%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 + -1 \cdot \phi_1\right)} \]
  9. Step-by-step derivation
    1. mul-1-neg29.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \left(\phi_2 + \color{blue}{\left(-\phi_1\right)}\right) \]
    2. sub-neg29.0%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)} \]
  10. Simplified29.0%

    \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\phi_2 - \phi_1\right)} \]
  11. Add Preprocessing

Alternative 10: 31.3% accurate, 109.7× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} [R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\ \\ R \cdot \phi_2 \end{array} \]
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2) :precision binary64 (* R phi2))
assert(R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2);
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * phi2;
}
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, 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 * phi2
end function
assert R < lambda1 && lambda1 < lambda2 && lambda2 < phi1 && phi1 < phi2;
public static double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return R * phi2;
}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
def code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return R * phi2
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(R * phi2)
end
R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2 = num2cell(sort([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])){:}
function tmp = code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = R * phi2;
end
NOTE: R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, and phi2 should be sorted in increasing order before calling this function.
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(R * phi2), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}
[R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2] = \mathsf{sort}([R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2])\\
\\
R \cdot \phi_2
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 60.0%

    \[R \cdot \sqrt{\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) \cdot \left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right)\right) + \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  2. Step-by-step derivation
    1. hypot-define93.9%

      \[\leadsto R \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  3. Simplified93.9%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \mathsf{hypot}\left(\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\frac{\phi_1 + \phi_2}{2}\right), \phi_1 - \phi_2\right)} \]
  4. Add Preprocessing
  5. Taylor expanded in phi2 around inf 19.4%

    \[\leadsto \color{blue}{R \cdot \phi_2} \]
  6. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024188 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Equirectangular approximation to distance on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (* R (sqrt (+ (* (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0))) (* (- lambda1 lambda2) (cos (/ (+ phi1 phi2) 2.0)))) (* (- phi1 phi2) (- phi1 phi2))))))