Abstract:
The Jordan block structure of unipotent elements in Weyl modules for an algebraic group of type $A_1$ in a positive characteristic $p$ is described. The following theorem is proved.
Theorem.Let $K$ be an algebraically closed field of characteristic $p>0$ and $G=A_1(K).$ Assume that $\lambda=ip+j$ and $i,j\ge0,$$j<p.$ Then a nontrivial unipotent
element of $G$ has $i$ Jordan blocks of size $p$ and one block of size $j+1$ in the Weyl module of $G$ with highest weight $\lambda$. Here the weights of $G$ are naturally identified with the integers. This theorem can be useful for investigating the Jordan block structure of unipotent elements in modular
representations of simple algebraic groups and finite Chevalley groups.