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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. Biography.
- American
- Group theory
John Griggs Thompson (Ottawa, 13 de outubro de 1932) é um matemático estadunidense. É conhecido especialmente por seu trabalho sobre teoria dos grupos. Foi professor da Cátedra Rouse Ball de Matemática, de 1971 a 1993. Condecorações. Prêmio Cole 1965 (com Walter Feit) Medalha Fields 1970; Medalha Sylvester 1985
Summary. John Thompson is an American mathematician best known for his proof (with Walter Feit) of one of the most important theorems on finite simple groups. View five larger pictures. Biography. John Thompson studied at Yale University, receiving his B.A. in 1955.
19 de abr. de 2024 · John Griggs Thompson, American mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1970 for his work in group theory. In 2008 the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters awarded Thompson and Jacques Tits of France the Abel Prize for ‘profound achievements in algebra and in particular for shaping modern group theory.’.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 de jan. de 2013 · In a burst of activity between the late 1950’s and the early 1980’s, one of the biggest mathematical stories of the twentieth century was told—that of the classification of the finite simple groups. The peerless leader of the analysis of arbitrary finite simple groups was John Griggs Thompson, from the moment he came on the scene.
- Richard Lyons, Robert M. Guralnick
- 2014
John Griggs Thompson was awarded the National Medal of Science for his profound and lasting contributions to the mathematical sciences, providing fundamental advances for the study of finite simple groups, the inverse Galois problem and connections between group theory and number theory.
1 de abr. de 2008 · John Griggs Thompson, Emeritus Rouse-Ball Professor of Mathematics, was awarded the Abel Prize by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, in recognition of his body of work. The prize comes with an award of 6 million Kroner (about £590,000).
