# References on almost complex structures on spheres

I'm looking for a proof of that the only spheres with almost complex structure are $S^2$ and $S^6$. I've googled "almost complex structure sphere", but all I get is comments saying that "this fact is well-known".

Are there good write-ups on this topic? Thanks in advance.

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References are given at the beginning of Chapter VI of the book "Almost complex and complex structures" by C.C. Hsiung. It uses characteristic classes and cohomology operations to get obstructions. –  BCnrd May 22 '10 at 6:42

I think this "well known fact" was proved first by Borel and Serre,

Borel, A., Serre, J. P.: Groupes de Lie et puissances réduites de Steenrod. Amer. J. Math.75, 409–448 (1953)

For a more detailed timeline, see Differential Geometry: Geometry in mathematical physics and related topics by Greene and Yau (p.100).

Or as BCnrd suggested Almost complex and complex structures by C. C. Hsiung (Chapter VI)

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Thank you Spinorbundle. –  Colin Tan May 22 '10 at 12:25