Nonexistence of almost complex structures on \(S^{2m} \times S^{2n}\) (Q687909)

In [Topology Appl. 36, No. 1, 39-42 (1990; Zbl 0711.53030)] \textit{B. Datta} and \textit{S. Subramanian} proved that \(S^{2m} \times S^{2n}\) \((m \leq n)\) has an almost complex structure compatible with its standard differentiable structure if and only if \((m,n)\in H = \{(1,1),(1,2),(1,3),(3,3)\}\) and they asked an open question: how the above result would be affected in case of the exotic differentiable structures (if there exist). The present paper answers this question by proving that this result remains valid for any differentiable structure. Moreover, since \textit{A. Borel} and \textit{F. Hirzebruch} [Am. J. Math. 80, 458-538 (1958; Zbl 0097.364)] showed that the Cayley plane has not any almost complex structure compatible with its usual differentiable structure, the present author proves the same result for any differentiable structure.