One solution is \[x = \frac{(1+i \sqrt{3})\alpha}{\sqrt[3]{12} \cdot t} -\frac{(1-i\sqrt{3}) t}{2\sqrt[3]{18}}\] We will verify it in multiple steps. First, get $x^3$: \begin{align} x^3 &= \underbrace{\left (\frac{(1+i\sqrt{3})\alpha}{\sqrt[3]{12} \cdot t} \right)^3}_{=: \raisebox{.5pt}{\textcircled{\raisebox{-.9pt} {1}}}} \underbrace{- 3 \left(\frac{(1+i\sqrt{3})\alpha}{\sqrt[3]{12} \cdot t} \right)^2 \left(\frac{(1-i\sqrt{3})t}{2 \sqrt[3]{18}} \right)}_{=: \raisebox{.5pt}{\textcircled{\raisebox{-.9pt} {2}}}}\\ &\hphantom{{}=}+ \underbrace{3 \left(\frac{(1+i\sqrt{3})\alpha}{\sqrt[3]{12} \cdot t} \right) \left(\frac{(1-i\sqrt{3})t}{2 \sqrt[3]{18}}\right)^2}_{=: \raisebox{.5pt}{\textcircled{\raisebox{-.9pt} {3}}}} \underbrace{- \left(\frac{(1-i\sqrt{3})t}{2 \sqrt[3]{18}}\right)^3}_{=: \raisebox{.5pt}{\textcircled{\raisebox{-.9pt} {4}}}} \end{align} Now simplify the summands of $x^3$: \begin{align} \raisebox{.5pt}{\textcircled{\raisebox{-.9pt} {1}}} &= \left (\frac{(1+i\sqrt{3})\alpha}{\sqrt[3]{12} \cdot t} \right)^3\\ &= \frac{-8\alpha^3}{12 t^3}\\ &= \frac{-2 \alpha^3}{3 t^3}\\ \raisebox{.5pt}{\textcircled{\raisebox{-.9pt} {2}}} &=- 3 \left(\frac{(1+i\sqrt{3})\alpha}{\sqrt[3]{12} \cdot t} \right)^2 \left(\frac{(1-i\sqrt{3})t}{2 \sqrt[3]{18}} \right)\\ &= \frac{-3\alpha^2(-2(1-i\sqrt{3}))(1-i\sqrt{3})t}{t^2 \sqrt[3]{2^4 \cdot 3^2} \cdot 2 \sqrt[3]{2 \cdot 3^2}}\\ &= \frac{6\alpha^2 t (-2 (1+i \sqrt{3}))}{12 t^2 \sqrt[3]{12}}\\ &= \frac{- \alpha^2 (1+i\sqrt{3})}{t\sqrt[3]{12}}\\ \raisebox{.5pt}{\textcircled{\raisebox{-.9pt} {3}}} &= 3 \left(\frac{(1+i\sqrt{3})\alpha}{\sqrt[3]{12} \cdot t} \right) \left(\frac{(1-i\sqrt{3})t}{2 \sqrt[3]{18}}\right)^2\\ &= \frac{3\alpha t (1+i\sqrt{3})(-2(1+i\sqrt{3}))}{4 \cdot \sqrt[3]{12 \cdot 18^2}}\\ &= \frac{-\alpha t (-2 (1 - i \sqrt{3}))}{2 \sqrt[3]{12 \cdot 4 \cdot 3}}\\ &= \frac{\alpha t (1-i\sqrt{3})}{\sqrt[3]{2^4 \cdot 3^2}}\\ &= \frac{\alpha t (1-i\sqrt{3}}{2 \sqrt[3]{18}}\\ \raisebox{.5pt}{\textcircled{\raisebox{-.9pt} {4}}} &= - \left(\frac{(1-i\sqrt{3})t}{2 \sqrt[3]{18}}\right)^3\\ &=- \frac{(-8) t^3}{8 \cdot 18}\\ &= \frac{t^3}{18} \end{align} Now get back to the original equation: \begin{align} 0 &\stackrel{!}{=} x^3 + \alpha x + \beta \\ &= \left (\frac{-2 \alpha^3}{3 t^3} + \color{red}\frac{-\alpha^2(1+\sqrt{3}i)}{t\sqrt[3]{12}}\color{black} + \color{blue}\frac{\alpha t(1-\sqrt{3}i)}{2\sqrt[3]{18}}\color{black} + \frac{t^3}{18} \right )\\ &\hphantom{{}=} + \alpha \left (\color{red}\frac{(1+i \sqrt{3})\alpha}{\sqrt[3]{12} \cdot t} \color{black} \color{blue}-\frac{(1-i\sqrt{3}) t}{2\sqrt[3]{18}} \color{black} \right ) + \beta\\ &= \frac{-2 \alpha^3}{3 t^3} + \frac{t^3}{18} + \beta\\ &= \frac{-12 \alpha^3 + t^6+18 t^3 \beta}{18t^3} \end{align} Now continue with only the numerator \begin{align} 0 &\stackrel{!}{=} - 12 \alpha^3 + (\sqrt{3(4 \alpha^3 + 27 \beta^2)}-9\beta)^2 + 18 (\sqrt{3(4 \alpha^3 + 27 \beta^2)} - 9 \beta) \beta\\ &= \color{red}- 12 \alpha^3 \color{black}+ \left ( 3(\color{red}4 \alpha^3\color{black} + \color{blue}27 \beta^2 \color{black}) \color{orange}- 2 \cdot \sqrt{3(4 \alpha^3 + 27 \beta^2)} \cdot 9\beta\color{black} + \color{blue}81 \beta^2\color{black} \right )\\ &\hphantom{{}=}+ 18 \beta (\color{orange}\sqrt{3(4 \alpha^3 + 27 \beta^2)}\color{black} \color{blue}- 9 \beta\color{black}) \end{align}