A Weighted Enumeration of Maximal Chains in the Bruhat Order

Given a finite Weyl group W with root system , assign the weight to each covering pair in the Bruhat order related by the reflection corresponding to . Extending this multiplicatively to chains, we prove that the sum of the weights of all maximal chains in the Bruhat order has an explicit product formula, and prove a similar result for a weighted sum over maximal chains in the Bruhat ordering of any parabolic quotient of W. Several variations and open problems are discussed.