Thompson group

Thompson group

In mathematics, the term Thompson group or Thompson's group can refer to either

* the sporadic finite simple group "Th" named for John G. Thompson - see Thompson group (finite);
* one of the three infinite groups "F", "T" and "V" first studied by the logician Richard Thompson - see Thompson groups.

*The Thompson subgroup of a "p"-group is the subgroup generated by the abelian subgroups of maximal order; see ZJ theorem.


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