The number of inversions of a permutation. This equals the minimal number of simple transpositions $(i,i+1)$ needed to write $\pi$. Thus, it is also the Coxeter length of $\pi$.

The number of cyclically simple transpositions decreasing the number of cyclic descents needed to sort a permutation. This is for a permutation $\sigma$ of length $n$ and the set $T = \{ (1,2), \dots, (n-1,n), (1,n) \}$ given by $$\min\{ k \mid \sigma = t_1\dots t_k \text{ for } t_i \in T \text{ such that } t_1\dots t_j \text{ has more cyclic descents than } t_1\dots t_{j-1} \text{ for all } j\}.$$

The major index of a permutation. This is the sum of the positions of its descents, $$\operatorname{maj}(\sigma) = \sum_{\sigma(i) > \sigma(i+1)} i.$$ Its generating function is $[n]_q! = [1]_q \cdot [2]_q \dots [n]_q$ for $[k]_q = 1 + q + q^2 + \dots q^{k-1}$. A statistic equidistributed with the major index is called '''Mahonian statistic'''.

The inversion number of the alternating sign matrix. If we denote the entries of the alternating sign matrix as $a_{i,j}$, the inversion number is defined as $$\sum_{i > k}\sum_{j < \ell} a_{i,j}a_{k,\ell}.$$ When restricted to permutation matrices, this gives the usual inversion number of the permutation.

The number of edges of a graph.

The number of non-inversions of a permutation. For a permutation of $\{1,\ldots,n\}$, this is given by $\operatorname{noninv}(\pi) = \binom{n}{2}-\operatorname{inv}(\pi)$.

The positive inversions of an alternating sign matrix. This is defined as $$\sum_{i > k,j < l} A_{ij}A_{kl} - \text{the number of negative ones in the matrix}.$$ After counter-clockwise rotation, this is also the number of osculations in the corresponding fan of Dyck paths.

Number of pairs of incomparable elements in a finite poset. For a finite poset $(P,\leq)$, this is the number of unordered pairs $\{x,y\} \in \binom{P}{2}$ with $x \not\leq y$ and $y \not\leq x$.

The number of B-inversions of a signed permutation. The number of B-inversions of a signed permutation $\sigma$ of length $n$ is $$ \operatorname{inv}_B(\sigma) = \big|\{ 1 \leq i < j \leq n \mid \sigma(i) > \sigma(j) \}\big| + \big|\{ 1 \leq i \leq j \leq n \mid \sigma(-i) > \sigma(j) \}\big|, $$ see [1, Eq. (8.2)]. According to [1, Eq. (8.4)], this is the Coxeter length of $\sigma$.

The major index of the composition. The descents of a composition $[c_1,c_2,\dots,c_k]$ are the partial sums $c_1, c_1+c_2,\dots, c_1+\dots+c_{k-1}$, excluding the sum of all parts. The major index of a composition is the sum of its descents. For details about the major index see [[Permutations/Descents-Major]].