In mathematical finite group theory, the Thompson transitivity theorem gives conditions under which the centralizer of an abelian subgroup A acts transitively on certain subgroups normalized by A. It originated in the proof of the odd order theorem by Feit and Thompson (1963), where it was used to prove the Thompson uniqueness theorem.

Statement

Suppose that G is a finite group and p a prime such that all p-local subgroups are p-constrained. If A is a self-centralizing normal abelian subgroup of a p-Sylow subgroup such that A has rank at least 3, then the centralizer C_G(A) act transitively on the maximal A-invariant q subgroups of G for any prime q ≠ p.

References

• Bender, Helmut; Glauberman, George (1994), Local analysis for the odd order theorem, London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series, vol. 188, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-45716-3, MR 1311244
• Feit, Walter; Thompson, John G. (1963), "Solvability of groups of odd order", Pacific Journal of Mathematics, 13: 775–1029, doi:10.2140/pjm.1963.13.775, ISSN 0030-8730, MR 0166261
• Gorenstein, D. (1980), Finite groups (2nd ed.), New York: Chelsea Publishing Co., ISBN 978-0-8284-0301-6, MR 0569209