Koebe uniformization, John domains, and transboundary modulus

Abstract: We prove Koebe's conjecture for John domains by showing that every planar John domain is conformally equivalent to a circle domain. Our proof is based on a geometric property of John domains, which we prove to be sufficient for uniformization by a circle domain. As a consequence, we obtain an alternative proof of Koebe's conjecture for inner uniform and Gromov hyperbolic domains, recovering results established in earlier work of the authors. Finally, we derive a necessary and sufficient condition for a domain to satisfy Koebe's conjecture by using Schramm's transboundary modulus and well-behaved exhaustions of circle domains constructed by the second author and Rajala.