Help With This Supposedly Easy Integration

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Homework Statement

Integrate: [tex]\exp(\sin(t)) / (1 + t^2)[/tex]

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Ok so I tried substituting u=sin(t) du=cos(t)dt but I end up with (1 + arcsin^2(u)) on the bottom and I don't know how to integrate that.
I also tried letting t=cos(u) dt=-sin(u)du but then I end up with e^(sin(cos(t)) which I've never seen before!
If anyone knows how to do this please just give me a hint or the first step to take and I will try to do the rest! Thanks
 
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Ok well it was a differential equation problem that I reduced to that but here is the initial problem:

[tex]dy/dt + y\cos(t) = 1/ (1+t^2)[/tex]

so I got an integrating factor of [tex]e^(sint)[/tex] which led to this integral! Hope this helps maybe I did something wrong in first part.
 
I don't think so since the prof asked to solve it in terms of t explicitly. Maybe she made a mistake in writing the problem if this cannot be solved analytically.