Thompson group

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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.