[R] test for multivariate normality?

[HongSheng Liao]

My stat textbook tells me that using Shapiro-Wilk test for each variable
one by one is not equal to a  test for multivariate normality as a whole.
Does R have a function of testing for multivariate normality?  Thanks.
Hongsheng (Hank) Liao, Ph.D.
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