 Inversion set of a Weyl-group element (source code)

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= Inversion set of a Weyl-group element
{title2=$N(w)$}

For a chosen <positive system of a root system> $\Pi$, the inversion set is
$$
N(w)=\{\beta\in\Pi:w(\beta)\in-\Pi\}.
$$
For a finite <Weyl group>, $|N(w)|=\ell(w)$.

Its cardinality is the <Coxeter length>; this root-sign definition should not be silently identified with an unspecified permutation inversion convention.

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