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    English: Plot of various initial mass functions (IMF). (The vertical axis is actually not ξ(m)Δm, but a scaled version of ξ(m). For m greater than 1 solar mass, it is (m/solar mass)^-2.35.)
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    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import numpy
    from numpy import exp, log10 as log
    
    def salpeter55(m):
    	alpha = 2.35
    	return m**-alpha
    
    def millerscalo79(m):
    	return numpy.where(m > 1, salpeter55(m), salpeter55(1))
    
    def chabrier03individual(m):
    	k = 0.158 * exp(-(-log(0.08))**2/(2 * 0.69**2))
    	return numpy.where(m <= 1,\
    	        0.158*(1./m) * exp(-(log(m)-log(0.08))**2/(2 * 0.69**2)),\
    	        k*m**-2.3)
    
    def chabrier03system(m):
    	k = 0.086 * exp(-(-log(0.22))**2/(2 * 0.57**2))
    	return numpy.where(m <= 1,\
    	        0.086*(1./m) * exp(-(log(m)-log(0.22))**2/(2 * 0.57**2)),\
    	        k*m**-2.3)
    
    def kroupa01(m):
    	return numpy.where(m<0.08, m**-0.3, numpy.where(m < 0.5, 0.08**-0.3 * (m/0.08)**-1.3, 0.08**-0.3 * (0.5/0.08)**-1.3 * (m/0.5)**-2.3))
    
    plt.figure(figsize=(4,4))
    m = numpy.logspace(-2, 2, 400)
    
    for label, imf in zip('Salpeter55 MillerScalo79 Kroupa01 Chabrier03individual Chabrier03system'.split(),\
            [salpeter55, millerscalo79, kroupa01, chabrier03individual, chabrier03system]):
    	plt.plot(m, imf(m)/imf(1), label=label)
    
    plt.gca().set_yscale('log')
    plt.gca().set_xscale('log')
    plt.xlim(1e-2, 100)
    plt.ylim(1e-3, 1e3)
    plt.legend(loc='best', prop=dict(size=8))
    plt.xlabel('Mass [Solar mass]')
    plt.ylabel(r'Mass Function $\xi(m)\Delta m$')
    plt.savefig('imf.pdf', bbox_inches='tight')
    plt.savefig('imf.svg', bbox_inches='tight')
    plt.savefig('imf.png', bbox_inches='tight')
    

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