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  "abstract": "We improve the Micallef--Moore index estimate for harmonic two-spheres in $n$-manifolds with positive isotropic curvature to the sharp bound $n-3$. Combining with recent work, this completes the diffeomorphism classification of closed manifolds with positive isotropic curvature in the remaining dimensions five and six.",
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  "title": "Minimal Two-Spheres and Manifolds with Positive Isotropic Curvature",
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