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The 10 pages that link to Galaxy luminosity function, each with the reason it gives.

• Initial mass functionRelated: The initial mass function affects the stellar light used to derive galaxy luminosities.

• PhotometryRelated: Galaxy surveys use photometric brightnesses to estimate luminosity distributions.

• Galaxy evolutionRelated: Changes in this distribution quantify how galaxy populations evolve.

• Absolute magnitudeRelated: Absolute magnitudes provide a common scale for comparing galaxy brightness populations.

• Cosmic star-formation historyRelated: Extrapolating below survey limits makes inferred star-formation density uncertain.

• Hubble Deep FieldRelated: Counts from the field helped constrain the abundance of faint galaxies.

• Hubble Ultra-Deep FieldRelated: Counting faint sources helps constrain how galaxy numbers vary with brightness and distance.

• Field galaxyRelated: Separate field and cluster functions reveal how galaxy populations differ by environment.

• Local HoleRelated: It helps assess whether the Local Hole contains fewer galaxies than expected across luminosities.

• Sandra FaberRelated: Faber’s surveys and scaling work helped characterize the distribution of galaxy brightnesses.