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\sum_{λ} u^{∣ λ ∣} = \prod_{i \geq 1} (1 - u^{i})^{- 1}

, since independently choosing the multiplicity of each part size gives a geometric series. Applying the parameterization in 5(a),

\sum_{n \geq 0} k_{n} (q) t^{n} = \prod_{f \neq = t} \prod_{i \geq 1} (1 - t^{i d e g (f)})^{- 1} .

\prod_{f \neq = t} (1 - u^{d e g (f)})^{- 1} = 1 + \sum_{r \geq 1} (q - 1) q^{r - 1} u^{r} = \frac{1 - u}{1 - q u} .

Indeed the left side counts monic polynomials with nonzero constant term; in degree

r \geq 1

there are

(q - 1) q^{r - 1}

choices. Reordering the formal products is legitimate because only finitely many factors contribute to any fixed coefficient. Substituting

u = t^{i}

for each

i

k_{n} (q) = [t^{n}] i \geq 1 \prod \frac{1 - t ^{i}}{1 - q t ^{i}} .

The constant term corresponds to the trivial zero-dimensional group.