# eliminating fractions and roots from equations

I'm trying to solve the following equations for $a$ and $c$, where all numbers are real, $0\leq a < 1$ and $0 < c$:

[sqrt(abs((b - 1)*(a + 1)/sqrt(c^2 + abs(b - 1)^2) + a)^2 + abs((a +
1)*c/sqrt(c^2 + abs(b - 1)^2))^2) == a + 1, sqrt(abs(-(b + 1)*(a -
1)/sqrt(c^2 + abs(b + 1)^2) + a)^2 + abs(-(a - 1)*c/sqrt(c^2 + abs(b +
1)^2))^2) == -a + 1]


$$\sqrt{\left|\frac{(b-1)\cdot(a+1)}{\sqrt{c^2+|b-1|^2}+a}\right|^2+\left|\frac{(a+1)\cdot c}{\sqrt{c^2+|b-1|^2}}\right|^2}=a+1$$

$$\sqrt{\left|\frac{-(b+1)\cdot(a-1)}{\sqrt{c^2+|b+1|^2}+a}\right|^2 + \left|\frac{-(a-1)\cdot c}{\sqrt{c^2+|b+1|^2}}\right|^2}=-a+1$$

Now solve itself seems to take forever on this without coming up with a result. On the other hand, I as a human have a pretty good idea how I'd solve such beasts: square both sides to get rid of the outer square roots, then multiply both sides with the common denominator, then move the single remaining square root to one side and all the rest to the other side and square again.

I know that these steps might introduce additional solutions, which are valid solutions of the modified system but not of the original one. Nevertheless, I'd like to be able to get at them, probably with some indication how good they are.

I wrote a bit of code to massage my equations for me:

def massage(e):
e = e.power(2).simplify()
e = e.multiply_both_sides(e.lhs().denominator()).simplify()
e = e.subtract_from_both_sides(e.rhs()).simplify()
e = e.subtract_from_both_sides([
term for term in e.lhs().operands() if 'sqrt' in str(term)][0])
e = e.simplify().power(2).simplify()
e = e.subtract_from_both_sides(e.rhs()).expand()