The present day mass functions of main sequence stars in the well observed open clusters, Hyades, Praesepe, Pleiades, NGC 654 and NGC 6530 arc derived and compared with those computed from the model of time-dependent initial mass function and star formation rate. The agreements between the observed and computed present day mass functions suggest the importance of fragmentation process at the early phase and fragment interaction at the later phase of cluster evolution. This process of star formation is different from that related to the evolution of the solar neighborhood, and also could explain the lack of low mass stars observed in some open clusters.

ABSTRACT
Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION
Ⅱ. SELECTION OF OPEN CLUSTERS
Ⅲ. DERIVATION OF PDMF
Ⅳ. THEORETICAL PDMF
Ⅴ. IMPLICATON FOR STAR FORMATION
Ⅵ. CONCLUSION
REFERENCES

• LEE SEE-WOO(Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University)
• KIM YONG-HA(Department of Astronomy, Seoul National University)