Introduction to the study of braids and some applications related to links

• Grant number: 21/02549-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2021
• End date: December 31, 2022
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Mathematics - Geometry and Topology
• Principal Investigator: Daciberg Lima Gonçalves
• Grantee: Victor Marçon Pirozelli
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/24707-4 - Algebraic, geometric and differential topology, AP.TEM

Abstract

The project aims to introduce the candidate to the calculation of the fundamental group with applications to the study of surfaces, braids and connections to links.