Structure of minimal 2-spheres of constant curvature in the complex hyperquadric

In this paper, the singular-value decomposition theory of complex matrices is explored to study constantly curved 2-spheres minimal in both CPn and the hyperquadric of CPn. The moduli space of all those noncongruent ones is introduced, which can be described by certain complex symmetric matrices modulo an appropriate group action. Using this description, many examples, such as constantly curved holomorphic 2-spheres of higher degree, nonhomogenous minimal 2-spheres of constant curvature, etc., are constructed. Uniqueness is proven for the totally real constantly curved 2-sphere minimal in both the hyperquadric and CPn. (C) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.