This started out much more complex, but I've reduced an equation to this (it's for finding intersections of ellipses):
$$A\sin^2(t)+B\sin(t)\cos(t)+C\sin (t)+D\cos(t)+E=0$$
I want to solve for t where A/B/C/D/E are constants. Is this solvable algebraically, or is only numeric approximation possible?
Using trig identities and the formula for phase shifting, I can further simplify it down to this form:
$$\sin(2t+F) + G\sin(t+H) = I$$
Where F/G/H/I are constants. The formula is much simpler, but this may be a dead end, because now we have two angles to deal with.
Answer
yes use $$\sin(t)=2\,{\frac {\tan \left( t/2 \right) }{1+ \left( \tan \left( t/2
\right) \right) ^{2}}}
$$
$$\cos(t)={\frac {1- \left( \tan \left( t/2 \right) \right) ^{2}}{1+ \left(
\tan \left( t/2 \right) \right) ^{2}}}
$$
and after this you can substitute $$\tan(t/2)=z$$
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