\begin{table}%t6 \caption{\label{tab:alpha}Observed and predicted stellar mass function (MF) slopes~$\alpha$ in the range $m=0.3$$-$$0.8~\msun$.} \par \small%\centerline { \begin{tabular}{c |c c} \hline\hline \multicolumn{3}{c}{MF slopes} \\ \hline NGC & $\alpha_{\rm obs}$ & $\alpha_{\rm pred}$ \\ \hline 104 & $1.2\pm 0.3$ & $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$ \\ 288 & $0.0\pm 0.3$ & $\rm 0.96_{-0.31}^{+0.40}$ \\ 1851 & & $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$ \\ 1904 & & $\rm 1.65_{-0.07}^{+0.03}$ \\ 4147 & & $\rm 1.40_{-0.18}^{+0.14}$ \\ 4590 & & $\rm 1.66_{-0.05}^{+0.02}$ \\ 5139 & $1.2\pm 0.3$ & $\rm 1.55_{-0.11}^{+0.12}$ \\ 5272 & $1.3\pm 0.3$ & $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$ \\ 5466 & & $\rm 1.57_{-0.12}^{+0.09}$ \\ 5904 & & $\rm 1.64_{-0.08}^{+0.04}$ \\ 6093 & & $\rm 1.52_{-0.20}^{+0.14}$ \\ 6121 & ${\bf1.0\pm0.2}$ & $\rm 0.62_{-0.32}^{+0.25}$ \\ 6171 & & $\rm 1.34_{-0.15}^{+0.10}$ \\ 6205 & & $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$ \\ 6218 & $-{\bf0.1\pm0.2}$ & $\rm 1.44_{-0.11}^{+0.09}$ \\ 6254 & $1.1\pm 0.3$ & $\rm 1.59_{-0.07}^{+0.05}$ \\ 6341 & $1.5\pm 0.3$ & $\rm 1.35_{-0.15}^{+0.12}$ \\ 6362 & & $\rm 0.85_{-0.21}^{+0.15}$ \\ 6656 & ${\bf1.4\pm0.2}$ & $\rm 1.67_{-0.04}^{+0.01}$ \\ 6712 & $-{\bf0.9\pm0.2}$ & $\rm 0.87_{-0.24}^{+0.24}$ \\ 6779 & & $\rm 0.70_{-0.37}^{+0.63}$ \\ 6809 & $1.3\pm 0.3$ & $\rm 1.44_{-0.06}^{+0.04}$ \\ 6934 & & $\rm 1.68_{-0.02}^{+0.00}$ \\ 7089 & & $\rm 1.68_{-0.00}^{+0.00}$ \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \medskip Listed are the cluster~NGC numbers (first column), observed MF~slopes from \citet{demarchi07} (second column), and predicted MF~slopes (third column). The observed low-mass MF~slope of clusters representing {\it global}~MFs from multi-mass Michie-King models are denoted in boldface, while the other values designate local values close to the half-mass radius (see text). The standard errors on $\alpha_{\rm obs}$ is are $\sigma_\alpha=0.2$ for the global~MFs and $\sigma_\alpha=0.3$ for the other values (\mbox{De Marchi}, private communication). \end{table}