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'''John Griggs Thompson''' (born 1932) is an American mathematician who, with [[Walter Feit]], proved the [[Feit-Thompson Theorem|Feit-Thompson theorem]] in 1963. He received the Fields Medal in 1970 and the Abel Prize in 2008 for his profound contributions to the theory of finite groups.

Thompson's work on the Feit-Thompson theorem and the subsequent [[Classification of Finite Simple Groups|classification of finite simple groups]] transformed group theory from a subject of isolated theorems into a systematic discipline with a complete inventory of its basic objects. His influence extends through a generation of students who carried the structural revolution he initiated into every branch of mathematics.

''Thompson did not just prove theorems. He proved that theorems could be proved at a scale that no single mind could contain. The Feit-Thompson proof was 255 pages. The classification was 15,000. Thompson stood at the transition point between the two eras — the last great solitary prover and the first great collaborative one.''

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