Mathematician:John Griggs Thompson

American mathematician noted for his work in the field of finite groups.

Nationality
American

History

 * Born: 13 October 1932 in Ottawa, Kansas, USA

Theorems and Definitions

 * Feit-Thompson Theorem (with Walter Feit)
 * McKay-Thompson Series (with John McKay)
 * Quadratic Pair
 * Thompson Factorization
 * Thompson Order Formula
 * Thompson Subgroup
 * Thompson Transitivity Theorem
 * Thompson Uniqueness Theorem

Publications

 * 1959: A Proof that a Finite Group with a Fixed-Point-Free Automorphism of Prime Order is Nilpotent