**Table 4:** Mass functions for the fiels stars.
Mass bin	$\log M$	Lifetime	N	$\log\xi$
$M_\odot$	-	My	-	-
7-10	$0.92\pm0.16$	29.1	893	- $2.80\pm0.02$
10-12	$1.04\pm0.08$	20.5	220	- $2.96\pm0.03$
12-15	$1.13\pm0.10$	15.4	132	- $3.08\pm0.04$
15-20	$1.24\pm0.12$	11.0	96	- $3.25\pm0.05$
20-25	$1.35\pm0.10$	8.2	43	- $3.36\pm0.07$
25-40	$1.50\pm0.20$	6.0	38	- $3.61\pm^{0.06}_{0.08}$
40-60	$1.69\pm0.18$	4.3	27	- $3.54\pm^{0.08}_{0.09}$
60-85	$1.85\pm0.15$	3.5	12	- $3.74\pm^{0.11}_{0.15}$
85-120	$2.00\pm0.15$	3.0	2	- $4.45\pm^{0.2}_{0.5}$

^a PDMF: ${1.03\pm 0.07 - (2.58\pm0.05)\log M}$
( $7 ~{M}_\odot \le {M} \le 40 ~{M}_\odot$ ).
^b IMF: ${\scriptsize -1.53\pm 0.04 - (1.38\pm0.04)\log M}$
( $7 ~{M}_\odot \le {M} \le 40 ~{M}_\odot$ ).

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	1 Introduction
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	3 The IMF of the field population
	4 Discussion
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