positiveRoots(g), positiveCoroots(g)
Let R be an irreducible root system of rank m, and choose a base of simple roots $\Delta = \{\alpha_1,...,\alpha_m\}$. This function returns all the roots that are nonnegative linear combinations of the simple roots (expressed in the basis of fundamental weights). The formulas implemented here are taken from the tables following Bourbaki's Lie Groups and Lie Algebras Chapter 6.
In the example below, we see that for $sl_3$, the positive roots are $\alpha_1$, $\alpha_2$, and $\alpha_1+\alpha_2$.
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The object positiveRoots is a method function.