Let Heis(F) be the Heisenberg group over the field F with the group operation being matrix multiplication. Show that if F is finite of order q then the order of Heis(F) is q3; conversely show that if F is infinite then Heis(F) is infinite.

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  1. Let Heis(F) be the Heisenberg group over the field F with the group operation being matrix multiplication. Show that if F is finite of order q then the order of Heis(F) is q3; conversely show that if F is infinite then Heis(F) is infinite.

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