%0 Journal Article %A PHAM HUU TIEP %T THE ${\it\alpha}$ -INVARIANT AND THOMPSON’S CONJECTURE %J Forum of Mathematics, Pi %D 2016 %V 4 %I mathdoc %U http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.1017/fmp.2016.3/ %R 10.1017/fmp.2016.3 %G en %F 10_1017_fmp_2016_3