Configuration spaces and braid groups
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Date
2019
Volume
11/2019
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Journal
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Snapshots of Modern Mathematics from Oberwolfach
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Oberwolfach : Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach gGmbH
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Abstract
In this snapshot we introduce configuration spaces and explain how a mathematician studies their ‘shape’. This will lead us to consider paths of configurations and braid groups, and to explore how algebraic properties of these groups determine features of the spaces.
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CC BY-SA 4.0 Unported