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Let \(F: M\rightarrow {\mathbb {C}}P^{2}\) be an isometric immersion of a closed surface in the complex projective plane \({\mathbb {C}}P^{2}\). In this paper, we consider the functional \(W_{N}(F)=\int _{M}({\overline{K}}^{\perp }-K^{\perp })\textrm{d}M\), which is a global conformal invariant. The critical surfaces of \(W_{N}(F)\) are called normal critical surfaces. We compute the first variation of \(W_{N}(F)\). Moreover, we build an index formula for the normal critical surfaces in the spirits of Webster (J Differ Geom 20:463–470, 1984.), Wolfson (J Diff Geom 29:281–294, 1989), Chen-Tian (Geom Funct Anal 7:873–916, 1997) and Han-Li (J Eur Math Soc 12:505–527, 2010). In particular, when the Kähler angle \(\alpha \) satisfies \(\cos \alpha \leqslant -\tfrac{\sqrt{5}}{3}\) or \(-\tfrac{\sqrt{5}}{3}\leqslant \cos \alpha \leqslant \tfrac{\sqrt{5}}{3}\) or \(\cos \alpha \geqslant \tfrac{\sqrt{5}}{3}\), M is the normal critical surface if and only if it is the minimal surface with constant Kähler angle \(\alpha \).
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Yao, ZW. Normal Critical Surfaces in \({\mathbb {C}}P^{2}\). Results Math 79, 89 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00025-023-02103-1
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