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The Normal Zeta Function of the Free Class Two Nilpotent Group on Four Generators

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We calculate explicitly the normal zeta function of the free group of class two on four generators, denoted by F2,4. This has Hirsch length ten.

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    Pirita Maria Paajanen

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Paajanen, P.M. The Normal Zeta Function of the Free Class Two Nilpotent Group on Four Generators. Geom Dedicata 115, 135–162 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-005-3953-6

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