Zlil Sela

Zlil Sela
צליל סלע
Zlil Sela
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Known forSolution of the isomorphism problem for torsion-free word-hyperbolic groups, Tarski conjecture
AwardsSloan Fellowship, Erdős Prize (2003), Carol Karp Prize (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem, Columbia University
Doctoral advisorEliyahu Rips

Zlil Sela (Hebrew: צליל סלע) is an Israeli mathematician working in the area of geometric group theory. He is a Professor of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sela is known for the solution of the isomorphism problem for torsion-free word-hyperbolic groups and for the solution of the Tarski conjecture about equivalence of first-order theories of finitely generated non-abelian free groups.

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