Conformal minimal two-spheres with constant Gauss curvature in U(3) (Q5955901)

For minimal 2-spheres in \(\mathbb CP^N\) is known that linearly full conformal minimal 2-spheres with constant Gauss curvature belong to a certain Veronese sequence constructed in [\textit{J. Bolton, G. Jensen}, \textit{M. Ridoli} and \textit{L. Woodward}, Math. Ann. 279, No. 4, 599-620 (1988; Zbl 0642.53063)]. On the other hand, \(\mathbb CP^{N-1}\) can be totally geodesically embedded into the unitary group \(U(N),\) thus minimal surfaces with constant Gauss curvature in \(\mathbb C P^{N-1}\) are also minimal in \(U(N).\) In the paper under review the authors classify all conformal minimal 2-spheres with constant Gauss curvature in \(U(3).\) Their result is based on the paper of Bolton et al. and gives, up to a holomorhic isometry, explicit expressions for such conformal minimal immersions. In particular, the Gauss curvature of the 2-spheres takes the values \(K=1,2\), or 4.