CC BY-SA 4.0 UnportedJiménez Rolland, RitaXicoténcatl, Miguel A.2022-08-052022-08-052019https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/9914http://dx.doi.org/10.34657/8952In 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.enghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/510Geometry and TopologyReport17 S.