\begin{table}%t6
\caption{\label{tab:alpha}Observed and predicted stellar mass function (MF) slopes~$\alpha$ in the range $m=0.3$$-$$0.8~\msun$.}
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\begin{tabular}{c |c c}
  \hline\hline
   \multicolumn{3}{c}{MF slopes} \\
  \hline
  NGC & $\alpha_{\rm obs}$ & $\alpha_{\rm pred}$ \\ 
  \hline
    104   &      $1.2\pm 0.3$   &    $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$                   \\
    288   &      $0.0\pm 0.3$   &    $\rm 0.96_{-0.31}^{+0.40}$              \\
  1851   &              &                       $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$                     \\
  1904   &              &                       $\rm 1.65_{-0.07}^{+0.03}$                      \\
  4147   &              &                       $\rm 1.40_{-0.18}^{+0.14}$                      \\
  4590   &              &                       $\rm 1.66_{-0.05}^{+0.02}$                     \\
  5139   &      $1.2\pm 0.3$   &    $\rm 1.55_{-0.11}^{+0.12}$                 \\
  5272   &      $1.3\pm 0.3$   &    $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$                       \\
  5466   &              &                       $\rm 1.57_{-0.12}^{+0.09}$                      \\
  5904   &              &                       $\rm 1.64_{-0.08}^{+0.04}$                     \\
  6093   &              &                       $\rm 1.52_{-0.20}^{+0.14}$               \\
  6121   &  ${\bf1.0\pm0.2}$ &   $\rm 0.62_{-0.32}^{+0.25}$                    \\
  6171   &              &                       $\rm 1.34_{-0.15}^{+0.10}$                  \\
  6205   &              &                       $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$                       \\
  6218   & $-{\bf0.1\pm0.2}$ &   $\rm 1.44_{-0.11}^{+0.09}$                    \\
  6254   &      $1.1\pm 0.3$   &    $\rm 1.59_{-0.07}^{+0.05}$                   \\
  6341   &      $1.5\pm 0.3$   &    $\rm 1.35_{-0.15}^{+0.12}$                   \\
  6362   &              &                       $\rm 0.85_{-0.21}^{+0.15}$                   \\
  6656   & ${\bf1.4\pm0.2}$  &   $\rm 1.67_{-0.04}^{+0.01}$                      \\
  6712   & $-{\bf0.9\pm0.2}$ &   $\rm 0.87_{-0.24}^{+0.24}$                   \\
  6779   &              &                       $\rm 0.70_{-0.37}^{+0.63}$                   \\
  6809   &      $1.3\pm 0.3$   &    $\rm 1.44_{-0.06}^{+0.04}$                    \\
  6934   &              &                       $\rm 1.68_{-0.02}^{+0.00}$                            \\
  7089   &              &                       $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$   \\ 
  \hline
\end{tabular}}
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Listed are the cluster~NGC numbers (first column), observed MF~slopes from \citet{demarchi07} (second column), and predicted MF~slopes (third column). The observed low-mass MF~slope of clusters representing {\it global}~MFs from multi-mass Michie-King models are denoted in boldface, while the other values designate local values close to the half-mass radius (see text). The standard errors on $\alpha_{\rm obs}$ is are $\sigma_\alpha=0.2$ for the global~MFs and $\sigma_\alpha=0.3$ for the other values (\mbox{De Marchi}, private communication).
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