The Jordan block structure of the images of unipotent elements in irreducible modular representations of classical algebraic groups of small dimensions (Q6587388)

Let \(p\) be a prime number greater than \(2\). In the paper under review, the canonical Jordan form of the images of unipotent elements of prime order in irreducible \(p\)-restricted representations of the classical algebraic groups in characteristic \(p\) whose dimensions are at most \(100\), is determined. The authors are interested in the representations of the following groups over an algebraically closed field \(K\) of characteristic \(p\): \(A_{n}(K)\) (\(n\le 13\)), \(B_{n}(K)\) (\(n\le 6\)), \(C_{n}(K)\) and \(D_{n}( K )\) (\(n\le 7\)). In many cases the picture arising here differs heavily from the situation in characteristic \(0\) even if the dimension of the irreducible representation with a certain highest weight is the same. The approach proposed by the authors can be applied to solve a similar problem for representations of bigger dimensions. The information obtained can be used for stating conjectures on the behavior of unipotent elements in representations of algebraic groups. The study of such behavior is important for solving recognition problems on representations of linear groups and very little is known on the block structure of images of arbitrary unipotent elements in representations of classical algebraic groups. The main text of the paper is enriched with the tables that give the block structure of the images of the unipotent elements in some irreducible modular representations of the indicated groups.