Stellar mass and redshift distribution of the parent galaxy catalog. Left panel: Stellar mass function in different redshift bins measured from the original MICECATv2 galaxy catalog. The points indicate the peak number density at each redshift bin. Central panel: Theoretical stellar mass function modeled as a double Schechter function evolving in redshift. Right panel: Redshift distribution of the parent galaxy catalog. The black line shows the theoretical distribution obtained from the product of the cosmological volume element dominating at low-z (dotted orange line) and the integral of the Schechter damping the distribution at high-z (dotted purple line). The bottom panel shows the percentage difference, highlighting the median (gray line) and the 16–84 percentile range (gray band).