2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/73718We construct a one-dimensional deformation retract of the unordered k-point configuration space of a star S. This retract suggests an explicit set of free generators Beta_k for the corresponding braid group of the star B_k and shows that the natural map from B_k-1 to B_k sends Beta_k-1 to Beta_k injectively.9 pages, 4 figuresGeometric TopologyGroup Theory20F36text