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Birth-age distribution under constant star formation (Y(t)=t/T(0≤t≤T))

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If a population forms at a constant number rate for duration T and every birth object is retained in the census, its present ages are uniform on [0,T]. A fixed initial mass function with finite mean birth mass also makes constant mass-based star formation rate equivalent to constant number rate.

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