Convex elements and Steinberg's cross-sections

Abstract

In this paper, we study convex elements in a (twisted) Weyl group introduced by Ivanov and the first named author. We show that each conjugacy class of the twisted Weyl group contains a convex element, and moreover, the Steinberg cross-sections exist for all convex elements. This result strictly enlarges the cases of Steinberg cross-sections from a new perspective, and will play an essential role in the study of higher Deligne-Lusztig representations.