Enumerating finite class-2-nilpotent groups on 2 generators. (Q1046532)

Let \(g(n,2,2)\) be the number of nilpotent groups of order \(n\), which have nilpotence class at most \(2\), and are generated by at most \(2\) elements. In the paper under review, the numbers \(g(n,2,2)\) are computed, by giving an explicit formula for the Dirichlet generating function \(\zeta_{2,2}(s)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty g(n,2,2)n^{-s}\). This is accomplished by using the strategy of \textit{M.~du Sautoy} [Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 92, 63-112 (2000; Zbl 1017.20012)], which requires to find suitable normal forms of certain double cosets of integral matrices, and the methods first developed by \textit{F.~J.~Grunewald, D.~Segal} and \textit{G.~C.~Smith} [Invent. Math. 93, No. 1, 185-223 (1988; Zbl 0651.20040)].