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Minimal surfaces in ℂPn with constant curvature and Kähler angle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. Bolton
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE
L. M. Woodward
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Durham, Science Laboratories, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE

Extract

In [2] we used the theory of harmonic sequences to obtain a congruence theorem for minimal immersions of surfaces into ℂPn. In this paper we show how these ideas may be used to give a simplified and unified treatment of some results of Kenmotsu [9, 10], Bryant [4] and Ohnita [13].

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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1992

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