Solution

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The Mackey restriction formula says that for subgroups and a -representation ,
where .
For , the Bruhat decomposition of SL2 over a finite field gives
Thus has representatives . The identity double coset contributes , while
contributes an induced representation from the diagonal subgroup. Therefore
where
For , one has .

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