Schechter parameter evolution with redshift. Left: evolution of best-fit Schechter parameters computed from fits to the total SMF from χ² regression (red diamonds), as well as likelihood methods using fixed redshifts bins (blue; median posteriors as filled points with 68% error bars, maximum likelihood parameter set as unfilled squares), and our continuity model fit (maroon curve; median posterior). Error bars are not shown when parameters are fixed. Center: same points as on the left panels compared to literature values from Davidzon et al. (2017, gray points with hatching) and Leja et al. (2019a, gray dashed curves). Right: evolution of the best-fit Schechter parameters computed from fits to the star-forming (blue) and quiescent (orange) SMFs from the χ² regression (unfilled colored diamonds) and likelihood methods using fixed redshifts bins (median posterior as filled points with ±34% envelope, maximum likelihood as unfilled squares).