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[project @ 2007-07-18 16:32:51 by dbateman]
author dbateman
date Wed, 18 Jul 2007 16:32:52 +0000
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## Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997  Kurt Hornik
##
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} gamma_inv (@var{x}, @var{a}, @var{b})
## For each component of @var{x}, compute the quantile (the inverse of
## the CDF) at @var{x} of the Gamma distribution with parameters @var{a}
## and @var{b}. 
## @end deftypefn

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

function inv = gamma_inv (varargin)

 if (nargin > 2)
   varargin{3} = 1 ./ varargin{3};
 endif

 inv =  gaminv (varargin{:});

endfunction