A vector $\alpha$ is a root iff it lies in the $W$-orbit of some simple root $e_s$, i.e. there is a word $w$ and simple $s$ with $\alpha = w \cdot e_s$.
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Simple reflections $\sigma_s$ map roots to roots: the root system is $W$-stable.
A vector is strictly positive at some coordinate: $\exists s,\, v(s) > 0$.
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A vector is strictly negative at some coordinate: $\exists s,\, v(s) < 0$.
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The vector $-e_s$ is strictly negative at coordinate $s$.
For $s \ne t$, the $t$-coordinate of $\sigma_s(e_t)$ equals $1$.
The set of simple generators $s$ such that the $s$-coordinate of $w \cdot e_s$ is strictly negative — the simple inversions of the word.
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The action of the word $w$ on $\mathbb{R}^B$ packaged as an $\mathbb{R}$-linear map.
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Reversing a word inverts its geometric action: $w \cdot (w^{-1} \cdot v) = v$.