Press-Schechter abundance growth at fixed mass (${\partial }_t\ln n{|}_M=({\nu }^2-1)\dot{D}/D$)

For a fixed narrow mass bin with time-independent smoothing slope, the Press-Schechter halo mass function has time dependence $n\propto \nu e^{-{\nu }^2/2}$, with halo peak height $\nu \propto D^{-1}$. Differentiating gives the displayed rate. It is positive only for $\nu >1$; the bin can lose objects to higher masses later. Cumulative counts require integrating the differential abundance, and a moving mass boundary adds a selection term.

At fixed mass, the Press-Schechter halo mass function has abundance per logarithmic interval proportional to $\nu e^{-{\nu }^2/2}$. This increases as $\nu$ falls from infinity to one and then decreases as $\nu$ falls toward zero, reflecting incorporation of small dark-matter haloes into larger ones. A target below the maximum therefore has two mathematical crossings if the linear growth factor can increase without limit. The large-$\nu$ crossing describes first appearance; the small-$\nu$ crossing is late depletion. Late vacuum domination limits growth, so a formal future crossing need not be reached physically.