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Is it true that finitely generated nilpotent groups are polycyclic?

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycyclic_group Please use math.stackexchange.com for such questions. (I mean if you are interested in a proof or something like that). – Mustafa Gokhan Benli Aug 11 2011 at 20:53
Yes: see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycyclic_group – Alain Valette Aug 11 2011 at 20:56
OK Mustafa, you shot first (:-) – Alain Valette Aug 11 2011 at 20:58
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closed as off topic by Qiaochu Yuan, Dmitri Pavlov, Mark Sapir, Igor Rivin, Andreas Blass Aug 11 2011 at 21:29

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