Mass function
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
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