Spherical law of cosines

Percentage Accurate: 74.0% → 94.2%
Time: 17.2s
Alternatives: 21
Speedup: 1.0×

Specification

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

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

Sampling outcomes in binary64 precision:

Local Percentage Accuracy vs ?

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

Accuracy vs Speed?

Herbie found 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: 74.0% accurate, 1.0× speedup?

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

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

Alternative 1: 94.2% accurate, 0.7× speedup?

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

\\
\cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Initial program 72.5%

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

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    6. lower-fma.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    11. lower-cos.f6492.6

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
  4. Applied rewrites92.6%

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)} \cdot \cos \phi_1 + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
    3. associate-*l*N/A

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
    5. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
  7. Applied rewrites92.6%

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

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

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

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

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right)\right)} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
    4. lower-fma.f64N/A

      \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
  10. Applied rewrites92.6%

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

Alternative 2: 84.0% accurate, 0.8× speedup?

\[\begin{array}{l} \\ \begin{array}{l} t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\ \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1, t\_0\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi \cdot 0.5, R, \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t\_0\right)\right) \cdot \left(-R\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \end{array} \]
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
 :precision binary64
 (let* ((t_0 (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2))))
   (if (<= phi1 -1.5e-10)
     (* R (acos (fma (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))) (cos phi1) t_0)))
     (if (<= phi1 1.8e-6)
       (*
        R
        (acos
         (fma
          (cos phi2)
          (fma (cos lambda1) (cos lambda2) (* (sin lambda1) (sin lambda2)))
          (* phi1 (sin phi2)))))
       (fma
        (* PI 0.5)
        R
        (*
         (asin (fma (cos phi1) (* (cos phi2) (cos (- lambda2 lambda1))) t_0))
         (- R)))))))
double code(double R, double lambda1, double lambda2, double phi1, double phi2) {
	double t_0 = sin(phi1) * sin(phi2);
	double tmp;
	if (phi1 <= -1.5e-10) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma((cos(phi2) * cos((lambda1 - lambda2))), cos(phi1), t_0));
	} else if (phi1 <= 1.8e-6) {
		tmp = R * acos(fma(cos(phi2), fma(cos(lambda1), cos(lambda2), (sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))), (phi1 * sin(phi2))));
	} else {
		tmp = fma((((double) M_PI) * 0.5), R, (asin(fma(cos(phi1), (cos(phi2) * cos((lambda2 - lambda1))), t_0)) * -R));
	}
	return tmp;
}
function code(R, lambda1, lambda2, phi1, phi2)
	t_0 = Float64(sin(phi1) * sin(phi2))
	tmp = 0.0
	if (phi1 <= -1.5e-10)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda1 - lambda2))), cos(phi1), t_0)));
	elseif (phi1 <= 1.8e-6)
		tmp = Float64(R * acos(fma(cos(phi2), fma(cos(lambda1), cos(lambda2), Float64(sin(lambda1) * sin(lambda2))), Float64(phi1 * sin(phi2)))));
	else
		tmp = fma(Float64(pi * 0.5), R, Float64(asin(fma(cos(phi1), Float64(cos(phi2) * cos(Float64(lambda2 - lambda1))), t_0)) * Float64(-R)));
	end
	return tmp
end
code[R_, lambda1_, lambda2_, phi1_, phi2_] := Block[{t$95$0 = N[(N[Sin[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]}, If[LessEqual[phi1, -1.5e-10], N[(R * N[ArcCos[N[(N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda1 - lambda2), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], If[LessEqual[phi1, 1.8e-6], N[(R * N[ArcCos[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[(phi1 * N[Sin[phi2], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision], N[(N[(Pi * 0.5), $MachinePrecision] * R + N[(N[ArcSin[N[(N[Cos[phi1], $MachinePrecision] * N[(N[Cos[phi2], $MachinePrecision] * N[Cos[N[(lambda2 - lambda1), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision] + t$95$0), $MachinePrecision]], $MachinePrecision] * (-R)), $MachinePrecision]), $MachinePrecision]]]]
\begin{array}{l}

\\
\begin{array}{l}
t_0 := \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\\
\mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1, t\_0\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\
\;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\

\mathbf{else}:\\
\;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi \cdot 0.5, R, \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), t\_0\right)\right) \cdot \left(-R\right)\right)\\


\end{array}
\end{array}
Derivation
  1. Split input into 3 regimes
  2. if phi1 < -1.5e-10

    1. Initial program 78.6%

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right)} \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right) + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      5. associate-*l*N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot \cos \phi_1} + \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right) \cdot R \]
      7. lower-fma.f64N/A

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      8. lower-*.f6478.6

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)}, \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Applied rewrites78.6%

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

    if -1.5e-10 < phi1 < 1.79999999999999992e-6

    1. Initial program 68.8%

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \left(\color{blue}{\sin \lambda_2 \cdot \sin \lambda_1} + \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      6. lower-fma.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_1} \cdot \cos \lambda_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      11. lower-cos.f6489.2

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\cos \lambda_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Applied rewrites89.2%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \left(\cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right) + \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)} \cdot R \]
      2. lower-fma.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\cos \phi_2}, \cos \lambda_1 \cdot \cos \lambda_2 + \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2, \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      4. lower-fma.f64N/A

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

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

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

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

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

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

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \color{blue}{\phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      11. lower-sin.f6489.2

        \[\leadsto \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \phi_1 \cdot \color{blue}{\sin \phi_2}\right)\right) \cdot R \]
    7. Applied rewrites89.2%

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

    if 1.79999999999999992e-6 < phi1

    1. Initial program 79.3%

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

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

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} - \sin^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      3. sub-negN/A

        \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\left(\frac{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}{2} + \left(\mathsf{neg}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
      4. div-invN/A

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

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\color{blue}{\mathsf{PI}\left(\right)}, \frac{1}{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      7. metadata-evalN/A

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \frac{1}{2}, \color{blue}{\mathsf{neg}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      9. lower-asin.f6479.2

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -\color{blue}{\sin^{-1} \left(\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2 + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
      10. lift-+.f64N/A

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

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\mathsf{PI}\left(\right), \frac{1}{2}, \mathsf{neg}\left(\sin^{-1} \left(\color{blue}{\sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2} + \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right) \cdot R \]
      12. lower-fma.f6479.3

        \[\leadsto \mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -\sin^{-1} \color{blue}{\left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \left(\cos \phi_1 \cdot \cos \phi_2\right) \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)}\right) \cdot R \]
    4. Applied rewrites79.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi, 0.5, -\sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\sin \phi_1, \sin \phi_2, \cos \phi_1 \cdot \left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right)\right)\right)\right)\right)} \cdot R \]
    5. Applied rewrites79.3%

      \[\leadsto \color{blue}{\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi \cdot 0.5, R, \left(-\sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), \sin \phi_2 \cdot \sin \phi_1\right)\right)\right) \cdot R\right)} \]
  3. Recombined 3 regimes into one program.
  4. Final simplification84.0%

    \[\leadsto \begin{array}{l} \mathbf{if}\;\phi_1 \leq -1.5 \cdot 10^{-10}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_1 - \lambda_2\right), \cos \phi_1, \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{elif}\;\phi_1 \leq 1.8 \cdot 10^{-6}:\\ \;\;\;\;R \cdot \cos^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_2, \mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \lambda_1, \cos \lambda_2, \sin \lambda_1 \cdot \sin \lambda_2\right), \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right)\\ \mathbf{else}:\\ \;\;\;\;\mathsf{fma}\left(\pi \cdot 0.5, R, \sin^{-1} \left(\mathsf{fma}\left(\cos \phi_1, \cos \phi_2 \cdot \cos \left(\lambda_2 - \lambda_1\right), \sin \phi_1 \cdot \sin \phi_2\right)\right) \cdot \left(-R\right)\right)\\ \end{array} \]
  5. Add Preprocessing

Reproduce

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herbie shell --seed 2024228 
(FPCore (R lambda1 lambda2 phi1 phi2)
  :name "Spherical law of cosines"
  :precision binary64
  (* (acos (+ (* (sin phi1) (sin phi2)) (* (* (cos phi1) (cos phi2)) (cos (- lambda1 lambda2))))) R))