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Mass function

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Mass function may refer to:

  • Binary mass function, a function that gives the minimum mass of a star or planet in a spectroscopic binary system
  • Halo mass function, a function that describes the mass distribution of dark matter halos
  • Initial mass function, a function that describes the mass distribution of a population of stars in terms of their initial mass
  • Probability mass function, a function that gives the probability that a discrete random variable is exactly equal to some value