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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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