A note on the tensor product of restricted simple modules for algebraic groups. (Q2509261)

Let \(G\) be an almost simple simply connected algebraic group defined and split over the prime field \(\mathbb{F}_p\). Consider an indecomposable summand \(S\) of a tensor product of two simple \(G\)-modules that have restricted highest weight. Doty has asked for which such \(G\) it is true that the restriction of \(S\) to the first Frobenius kernel \(G_1\) is always indecomposable. It is shown that the only cases are: the rank one group in any characteristic and for \(p=2\) the types \(A_2\) and \(B_2=C_2\). To arrive at this result the author studies the \(G_1\)-Steinberg block.