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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} stdnormal_inv (@var{x})
## For each component of @var{x}, compute compute the quantile (the
## inverse of the CDF) at @var{x} of the standard normal distribution.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
## Description: Quantile function of the standard normal distribution

function inv = stdnormal_inv (x)

  if (nargin != 1)
    usage ("stdnormal_inv (x)");
  endif

  inv = sqrt (2) * erfinv (2 * x - 1);

endfunction