Longest element of a Coxeter group

In mathematics, the longest element of a Coxeter group is the unique element of maximal length in a finite Coxeter group with respect to the chosen generating set consisting of simple reflections.

It is often denoted by w0.

See (Humphreys 1992, Section 1.8: Simple transitivity and the longest element, pp.

15–16) and (Davis 2007, Section 4.6, pp.

51–53).