Midpoint on a great circle

Percentage Accurate: 98.7% → 99.7%
Time: 22.0s
Alternatives: 21
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}
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 = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end function
public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + Math.atan2((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (Math.cos(phi1) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}
def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return lambda1 + math.atan2((math.cos(phi2) * math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (math.cos(phi1) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), Float64(cos(phi1) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))))
end
function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
end
code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}
\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 21 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: 98.7% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2)))
   (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}
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 = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
end function
public static double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + Math.atan2((Math.cos(phi2) * Math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (Math.cos(phi1) + (Math.cos(phi2) * Math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
}
def code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2):
	return lambda1 + math.atan2((math.cos(phi2) * math.sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (math.cos(phi1) + (math.cos(phi2) * math.cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))))
function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * sin(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), Float64(cos(phi1) + Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))))))
end
function tmp = code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	tmp = lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * sin((lambda1 - lambda2))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2)))));
end
code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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

Alternative 1: 99.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (*
    (cos phi2)
    (fma (sin (- lambda2)) (cos lambda1) (* (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
   (+
    (cos phi1)
    (*
     (cos phi2)
     (fma (sin lambda2) (sin lambda1) (* (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2))))))))
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * fma(sin(-lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))), (cos(phi1) + (cos(phi2) * fma(sin(lambda2), sin(lambda1), (cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2))))));
}
function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * fma(sin(Float64(-lambda2)), cos(lambda1), Float64(sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))), Float64(cos(phi1) + Float64(cos(phi2) * fma(sin(lambda2), sin(lambda1), Float64(cos(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))))))
end
code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sin[(-lambda2)], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

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\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 98.6%

    \[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    2. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    3. sub-negN/A

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    8. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    9. lower-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right)}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    10. lower-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right)}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    11. lower-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1}, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    12. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    13. lower-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    14. lower-cos.f6498.7

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites98.7%

    \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}} \]
    2. lift--.f64N/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}} \]
    5. lift-sin.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \]
    7. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}} \]
    8. lower-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2}, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \]
    9. lift-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \]
    10. lift-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right)} \]
    11. lower-*.f6499.6

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)} \]
  6. Applied rewrites99.6%

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

Alternative 2: 99.7% accurate, 0.5× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (+
  lambda1
  (atan2
   (*
    (cos phi2)
    (fma (sin (- lambda2)) (cos lambda1) (* (sin lambda1) (cos lambda2))))
   (fma
    (cos phi2)
    (fma (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
    (cos phi1)))))
double code(double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	return lambda1 + atan2((cos(phi2) * fma(sin(-lambda2), cos(lambda1), (sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))), fma(cos(phi2), fma(cos(lambda1), cos(lambda2), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))), cos(phi1)));
}
function code(lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	return Float64(lambda1 + atan(Float64(cos(phi2) * fma(sin(Float64(-lambda2)), cos(lambda1), Float64(sin(lambda1) * cos(lambda2)))), fma(cos(phi2), fma(cos(lambda1), cos(lambda2), Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))), cos(phi1))))
end
code[lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := N[(lambda1 + N[ArcTan[N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Sin[(-lambda2)], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] / N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[lambda2], $MachinePrecision] + N[(N[Sin[lambda1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[lambda2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1\right)}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 98.7%

    \[\lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
  2. Add Preprocessing
  3. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    2. lift--.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \sin \color{blue}{\left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    3. sub-negN/A

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \lambda_1 + \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    8. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    9. lower-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right)}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    10. lower-neg.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right)}, \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    11. lower-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1}, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    12. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    13. lower-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
    14. lower-cos.f6498.7

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
  4. Applied rewrites98.7%

    \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)} \]
  5. Step-by-step derivation
    1. lift-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}} \]
    2. lift--.f64N/A

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

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2 + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}} \]
    5. lift-sin.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \]
    7. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}} \]
    8. lower-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2}, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \]
    9. lift-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)} \]
    10. lift-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right)} \]
    11. lower-*.f6499.7

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2}\right)} \]
  6. Applied rewrites99.7%

    \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\cos \phi_1 + \cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}} \]
  7. Taylor expanded in phi1 around inf

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + \cos \phi_1}} \]
    2. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2, \cos \phi_1\right)}} \]
    3. lower-cos.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right)} + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2, \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
    5. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)}, \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
    6. lower-cos.f64N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
    8. lower-cos.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
    9. lower-*.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2}\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
    10. lower-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_1} \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
    11. lower-sin.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\lambda_2\right)\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2}\right), \cos \phi_1\right)} \]
    12. lower-cos.f6499.7

      \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \color{blue}{\cos \phi_1}\right)} \]
  9. Applied rewrites99.7%

    \[\leadsto \lambda_1 + \tan^{-1}_* \frac{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \left(-\lambda_2\right), \cos \lambda_1, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)}{\color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1\right)}} \]
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herbie shell --seed 2024227 
(FPCore (lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Midpoint on a great circle"
  :precision binary64
  (+ lambda1 (atan2 (* (cos phi2) (sin (- lambda1 lambda2))) (+ (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2)))))))