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Spherical buildings and the character of the Steinberg representation

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Oregon, 97403, Eugene, OR, USA

    C. W. Curtis

  2. Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Sydney, 20006, N.S.W., Australia

    G. I. Lehrer

  3. Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin-Berthelot, F-75231, Paris, Cedex 05, France

    J. Tits

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The research of the first author was partially supported by NSF grant MCS 76-07015

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Curtis, C.W., Lehrer, G.I. & Tits, J. Spherical buildings and the character of the Steinberg representation. Invent Math 58, 201–210 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01390251

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