Bearing on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 78.8% → 99.7%

Time: 28.7s

Alternatives: 29

Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
end

Wolfram

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

Initial Program: 78.8% accurate, 1.0× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Fortran

real(8) function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda1
    real(8), intent (in) :: lambda2
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi1
    real(8), intent (in) :: phi2
    code = atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end function

Java

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

Python

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

Julia

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

MATLAB

function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = atan2((sin((lambda1 - lambda2)) * cos(phi2)), ((cos(phi1) * sin(phi2)) - ((sin(phi1) * cos(phi2)) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
end

Wolfram

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

Alternative 1: 99.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup

Math

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\\ \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\left(\cos \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1 - \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2}{\cos \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 - \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot t\_0, \cos \lambda_2, \left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot t\_0\right)} \end{array} \end{array} \]

FPCore

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

C

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

Julia

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 79.3%

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

   1. lift-sin.f64 N/A

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

   2. lift--.f64 N/A

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

   3. sin-diff N/A

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

   4. sub-neg N/A

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

   5. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

   6. lower-sin.f64 N/A

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

   7. lower-cos.f64 N/A

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

   8. distribute-rgt-neg-in N/A

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

   9. sin-neg N/A

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

   10. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

   11. lower-cos.f64 N/A

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

   12. lower-sin.f64 N/A

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

   13. lower-neg.f64 88.9

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

4. Applied rewrites 88.9%

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

   1. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   2. lift-cos.f64 N/A

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

   3. lift--.f64 N/A

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

   4. cos-diff N/A

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

   5. lift-cos.f64 N/A

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

   6. lift-cos.f64 N/A

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

   7. *-commutative N/A

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

   8. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   9. distribute-rgt-in N/A

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

   10. *-commutative N/A

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

   11. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   12. *-commutative N/A

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

   13. associate-*r* N/A

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

   14. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

6. Applied rewrites 99.7%

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

   1. lift-fma.f64 N/A

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

   2. lift-*.f64 N/A

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

   3. lift-sin.f64 N/A

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

   4. lift-neg.f64 N/A

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

   5. sin-neg N/A

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

   6. lift-sin.f64 N/A

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

   7. distribute-rgt-neg-out N/A

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

   8. lift-cos.f64 N/A

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

   9. lift-sin.f64 N/A

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

   10. sub-neg N/A

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

   11. lower--.f64 N/A

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

   12. *-commutative N/A

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

   13. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

   14. lift-cos.f64 N/A

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

   15. lift-sin.f64 N/A

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

   16. lower-*.f64 99.7

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

8. Applied rewrites 99.7%

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

9. Final simplification 99.7%

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

Alternative 2: 99.7% accurate, 0.6× speedup

Math

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

FPCore

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

C

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

Julia

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

Wolfram

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

Derivation

1. Initial program 78.8%

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

   1. lift-sin.f64 N/A

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

   2. lift--.f64 N/A

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

   3. sin-diff N/A

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

   4. sub-neg N/A

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

   5. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

   6. lower-sin.f64 N/A

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

   7. lower-cos.f64 N/A

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

   8. distribute-rgt-neg-in N/A

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

   9. sin-neg N/A

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

   10. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

   11. lower-cos.f64 N/A

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

   12. lower-sin.f64 N/A

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

   13. lower-neg.f64 89.2

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

4. Applied rewrites 89.2%

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

   1. lift-cos.f64 N/A

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

   2. lift--.f64 N/A

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

   3. cos-diff N/A

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

   4. lift-cos.f64 N/A

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

   5. lift-cos.f64 N/A

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

   6. *-commutative N/A

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

   7. lower-fma.f64 N/A

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

   8. lift-sin.f64 N/A

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

   9. lower-*.f64 N/A

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

   10. lower-sin.f64 99.7

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

6. Applied rewrites 99.7%

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

7. Final simplification 99.7%

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

Reproduce

herbie shell --seed 2024222 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Bearing on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (atan2 (* (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)) (cos phi2)) (- (* (cos phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (sin phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))))