Artin’s braids, braids for three space, and groups Γ4n and Gkn
Abstract
We construct a group Γ4n corresponding to the motion of points in ℝ3 from the point of view of Delaunay triangulations. We study homomorphisms from pure braids on n strands to the product of copies of Γ4n. We will also study the group of pure braids in ℝ3, which is described by a fundamental group of the restricted configuration space of ℝ3, and define the group homomorphism from the group of pure braids in ℝ3 to Γ4n. At the end of this paper, we give some comments about relations between the restricted configuration space of ℝ3 and triangulations of the 3-dimensional ball and Pachner moves.