Images of root elements in p-restricted irreducible representations of the classical algebraic groups over a field of characteristic p>0 and images of regular unipotent elements of naturally embedded subgroups of type A2 in such representations of groups of type An with n>2 and p>2 are investigated. Let ω=∑i=1nmiωi be the highest weight of a representation under consideration. If ω is locally small with respect to p in a certain sense, the sizes of all Jordan blocks (without multiplicities) in the images of root elements are found, except the case of the groups of type Bn and C2 and short roots where all such sizes congruent to mi+1 modulo 2 are determined with the ith simple root being short; for p>2 and n>3, all odd dimensions of such blocks for groups of type An and regular unipotent elements of naturally embedded subgroups of type A2 are found. Here the class of locally small weights with respect to p depends upon the type of a group and upon elements considered. For root elements in a group of type An, the weight ω is locally small if mi+mi+1
3 and regular unipotent elements of naturally embedded A2-subgroups, the weight ω is locally small if mi+mi+1+mi+2+mi+3
Keywords :
Classical algebraic groups , Unipotent elements , Representations , Jordan blocks