R help - Dec 2006 - optimizing inverse student-t

i need to optimize the inverse cdf of student-t  qt(y^(1/k))+qt(1+p+y) with 
respect to y, is it possible to do it in R?

wayne tan <princenerdy <at> hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> i need to optimize the inverse cdf of student-t  qt(y^(1/k))+qt(1+p+y) with
> respect to y, is it possible to do it in R?
> 
  try ?optimize
  if you need more detail, you should give us more detail.
(I'm assuming e.g. that y is a scalar variable, p and k are
fixed scalars)

   Ben Bolker

PS
> library(fortunes)
> fortune("Yoda")
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