In the mathematical classification of finite simple groups, a thin group is a finite group such that for every odd prime number p, the Sylow p-subgroups of the 2-local subgroups are cyclic.
Informally, these are the groups that resemble rank 1 groups of Lie type over a finite field of characteristic 2.
Janko (1972) defined thin groups and classified those of characteristic 2 type in which all 2-local subgroups are solvable.
The thin simple groups were classified by Aschbacher (1976, 1978).
The list of finite simple thin groups consists of: