Number of non-isomorphic abelian groups of a given fixed order

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Let G be a finite abelian group with |G| = $p_1^{n_1}…p_k^{n_k}$ in its prime factorized form.

Also, let $p(n)$ be the number of unique partitions of $n$, where we call $\sum_{i=1}^l k_i = n$ a partition of n with $k_1 \leqslant … \leqslant k_l$ all positive integers.

Now, I want to find the number of possible groups which G might be isomorphic to. It seems likely that the fundamental theorem of finite abelian groups can be used here.

Along those lines, is it as simple as $\prod_{i=1}^l p(n_i)$, or am I missing something?

Best Answer

Your proposed formula is indeed correct. The numbers of finite abelian groups of fixed order are given by OEIS A000688.

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