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Anuloid (Torus) x line intersection

Hi,

I need calculate ray (line) intersection with torus for my ray-tracing program (I know, its to graphics, but i need math behind it).

I can solve equation of order x^4, but thats too way slow (Cardano's method). So is there better way, how to calculate this ?

Thanks