Given M a compact and connected surface without boundary, we define the braid groups of M, denoted by B_n(M), geometrically. We also explore its relation with the configuration space and the mapping class group of the same ...

Nesta tese estudamos os grupos de tranças (puras) de superfícies, Bn(M) e Pn(M), onde M é uma superfície compacta, priorizando o estudo dos grupos de tranças do toro, T e da garrafa de Klein, K, para compreender suas ...

In this work, we study the Artin braid group, B(n), and the confguration spaces (ordered and unordered) of a path connected manifold of dimension ¸ 2. The fundamental group of confguration space (unordered) of IR2 is ...

The link between braid groups on surfaces and crystallographic groups has become such an interesting topic. In the last years some advances were found in the studies of this relation, specially in the case of Artin braid ...