In this paper we apply Treumann's "Smith theory for sheaves" in the context of the Iwahori-Whittaker model of the Satake category. We deduce two results in the representation theory of reductive algebraic groups over fields of positive characteristic: (a) a geometric proof of the linkage principle; (b) a character formula for tilting modules in terms of the p-canonical basis, valid in all blocks and in all characteristics
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