John G. Thompson
American mathematician
93 years oldLibraUnited States
Biography
John Griggs Thompson (born October 13, 1932) is an American mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970, the Wolf Prize in 1992, and the Abel Prize in 2008.
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Career highlights
Career & roles
- Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics
Employers / organisations
- Harvard University
- University of Chicago
- University of Cambridge
- University of Florida
Notable works
- Feit–Thompson theorem
- Feit–Thompson conjecture
- Thompson uniqueness theorem
- Thompson transitivity theorem
- Thompson factorization
- Thompson order formula
- Thompson subgroup
Awards & honours (10)
- Fields medal
- Fellow of the Royal Society
- Abel Prize
- National Medal of Science
- De Morgan Medal
- Cole Prize in Algebra
- Sylvester Medal
- Henri Poincaré Prize
- Wolf Prize in Mathematics
- Senior Berwick Prize
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- John G. Thompson was born in Ottawa.
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