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Gilbert Levitt is a Professor at Université de Caen, affiliated with the LMNO Laboratory (UMR 6139) under the team 'Algebra, Geometry, Logic'. Previously, he was part of CNRS in Paris and Toulouse. His research focuses on geometric group theory and foliations, transitioning from early work on foliations under Harold Rosenberg to his current specialization. He defended a thèse d'état on surface foliations in 1983 and later contributed to the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture with John Coates. Levitt has supervised notable students including Christian Bonatti, Vincent Guirardel, and Arnaud Hilion. His work includes compiling and publishing previously unpublished papers in geometric group theory, emphasizing foundational yet unrefereed contributions. He is active in the academic community, organizing events like the 'Journées trans-Couesnon de théorie des groupes'.
Research Interests: Explores geometric structures in group theory, including automorphisms of free groups, outer space, and tree actions. His work bridges topology and algebra, with key contributions to the isomorphism problem in group theory and the dynamics of group actions.
Key Collaborations: Collaborated with figures like Martin Lustig, Vincent Guirardel, and Zlil Sela. His unpublished papers, now digitized, address topics such as the conjugacy problem in Out(Fₙ) and hyperbolic group structures. His 2008 arXiv paper resolved an isomorphism problem for free-abelian-by-free groups, building on prior literature.
Lab & Affiliations: Based at LMNO, Université de Caen, Campus 2, S3 241. Contact: +33 2 31 56 74 57, levitt@unicaen.fr.
