Uniformization of metric surfaces using isothermal coordinates

Abstract

We establish a uniformization result for metric surfaces – metric spaces that are topological surfaces with locally finite Hausdorff 2-measure. Using the geometric definition of quasiconformality, we show that a metric surface that can be covered by quasiconformal images of Euclidean domains is quasiconformally equivalent to a Riemannian surface. To prove this, we construct an atlas of suitable isothermal coordinates.