Feit and Thompson: solvability of groups of odd order

What changed

Proved every finite group of odd order is solvable.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact two-author 1963 Pacific Journal of Mathematics paper. The theorem concerns finite groups of odd order and does not by itself constitute the classification of finite simple groups or absorb later simplifications and extensions.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact two-author 1963 Pacific Journal of Mathematics paper. The theorem concerns finite groups of odd order and does not by itself constitute the classification of finite simple groups or absorb later simplifications and extensions.

Contributors

• Walter Feit · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
• John Griggs Thompson · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• Publisher full text of Solvability of Groups of Odd Order
• Google Books record for odd-order paper

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