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In this paper we give three families of counterexamples to the conjecture made by J. Bolton et al. in 1987: a minimal 2-sphereS 2 inC.P n with constant Kaehler angle ϕ≠0, π, π/2 has to be the round sphereS 2.
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Research supported partially by NNSFC, NSFJX and Doctoral Programme Foundation of Institution High Education
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Zhenqi, L. Counterexamples to the conjecture on minimalS 2 inCP n with constant Kaehler angle. Manuscripta Math 88, 417–431 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567831
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02567831