A formal identity involving commuting triples of permutations (Q1946743)

We let \(\sigma(n)=\sum_{d\mid n}d\), and \(T(n)\) the number of ordered triples of pairwise-commuting elements of the symmetric group \(S_n\). Also, we let \(S_0\) be the trivial group. In the paper under review, the author proves the following formal identity \[ \prod_{k=1}^\infty(1-u^k)^{-\sigma(k)}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{T(n)}{n!}u^n. \] The author remarks that the coefficient \(T(n)/n!\) is equal to the number of non-equivalent \(n\)-sheeted coverings, not necessarily connected, of a torus.