In mathematical[[Group theory#Finite group theory|finite group theory]], a branch of [[mathematics]], a '''Thompson factorization''', introduced by {{harvs|txt|authorlink=John G. Thompson|year=1966|last=Thompson}}, is a an expression of some [[finite groupsgroup]]s as a product of two subgroups[[subgroup]]s, usually [[centralizer and normalizer|normalizers]] or [[centralizer and normalizer|centralizers]] of [[p-group|''p''-subgroups]] for some [[prime number|prime]] ''p''.
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*{{Citation | last1=AschbacherThompson | first1=MichaelJohn G. | author1-link=MichaelJohn AschbacherG. Thompson | title=On the failureFactorizations of the Thompson factorization in 2''p''-constrainedsolvable groups | doiurl=10.1112http:/plms/s3-43projecteuclid.3org/euclid.425pjm/1102994982 | idmr={{MR|635564}}0188296 | year=19811966 | journal=Proceedings[[Pacific Journal of the London Mathematical Society. Third SeriesMathematics]] | issn=00240030-61158730 | volume=4316 | issue=32 | pages=425–449371–372 | doi=10.2140/pjm.1966.16.371| doi-access=free }}
*{{Citation | last1=Thompson | first1=John G. | author1-link=John G. Thompson | title=Factorizations of ''p''-solvable groups | url=http://projecteuclid.org/euclid.pjm/1102994982 | id={{MR|0188296}} | year=1966 | journal=[[Pacific Journal of Mathematics]] | issn=0030-8730 | volume=16 | pages=371–372}}