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Decomposition of GL(2,p) into irreducible representations

Let $G=GL(2,p)$ be the group of linear transformations. It acts on the set $X=F_p^2$. Then $C^X$ is a linear representation of $G$. What is the decomposition of this representation into irreducible representations?

Note: Let $d_i$ denote the number of isomorphic irreducible representations. Then $\sum d_i^2$ is equal to the number of orbits of $G$ when $G$ acts on $X\times X$. The number of orbits of $G$ in $X\times X$ is equal to $p+1$.

Klim Efremenko
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