I need to calculate the following ntegral: $$\int \frac{t }{\sqrt{2 t^3 - 3 t^2 + 6 C}} dt$$ where $C$ is a constant to be determined later, so I cannot look for roots of the polynomial in the denominator. I've found that integrals involving $R(t,\sqrt{P(t)})$, where $R$ is a rational function of its arguments and $P$ is a polynomial of degree 3 or 4 with no repeated roots, can be reduced to elliptic integrals. I've also found that it is sometimes done with Moebius transformation, however I can't find any general "walkthrough" and my attempts to express the above integral in terms of elliptic integrals have failed. I'd be grateful for any help.
How to reduce an integral with square root of cubic function into an elliptic integral
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It seems that a method for expressing a general elliptic integral in terms of elliptic integrals of the $1^{st}$, $2^{nd}$ and $3^{rd}$ kind can be found in H. Hancock - "Lectures on the theory of elliptic functions" , p. 180:
For a general case of integral of type: $$\int\frac{t \; \text{d}t}{\sqrt{a t^3 + 3 b t^2 + 3 c t + d}}$$ we may introduce a substitution: $$t=m \cdot z + n$$ with $$ m=\sqrt[3]{\frac{4}{a}} \;, \; \; \; n=-\frac{b}{a}$$ what results in: $$\int\frac{t \; \text{d}t}{\sqrt{a t^3 + 3 b t^2 + 3 c t + d}}= A \int\frac{\text{d}z}{\sqrt{4 z^3 - g_2 z - g_3}}+ B \int\frac{z\; \text{d}z}{\sqrt{4 z^3 - g_2 z - g_3}}$$ where $A,B,g_2, g_3$ are constants. The first integral on the right-hand side of the above formula is an elliptic integral of the first kind in Weierstrass normal form and may be expressed in terms of Weierstrass $\wp$ function, while the other one is the elliptic integral of the second kind in Weierstrass normal form which may be expressed in terms of Weierstrass $\zeta$-function.
I think this reduction is in
Hancock, F. H., Elliptic integrals., New York: Wiley, 104 S (1917). ZBL46.0620.06.
But my memory may be wrong, it was many years ago that I read this.