Let G be a connected,
simply connected, quasisimple algebraic group over an algebraically closed
field of characteristic p > 0, and let V be a rational G-module such that
dimV ≤ p. According to a result of Jantzen, V is completely reducible, and
H1(G,V ) = 0. In this paper we show that H2(G,V ) = 0 unless some composition
factor of V is a nontrivial Frobenius twist of the adjoint representation of
G.
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