数学上，曲面的单值化定理是说任何曲面上都有一个常高斯曲率的度量。事实上，在每一个给定的共形类中我们都可以找到一个常高斯曲率的度量。等价的说，用复分析的语言，任何单连通的黎曼曲面都共形等价于复平面、单位圆盘和黎曼球面三者之一。

In mathematics, the uniformization theorem says that every simply connected Riemann surface is conformally equivalent to one of the three domains: the open unit disk, the complex plane, or the Riemann sphere. In particular it admits a Riemannian metric of constant curvature. This classifies Riemannian surfaces as elliptic (positively curved – rather, admitting a constant positively curved metric), parabolic (flat), and hyperbolic (negatively curved) according to their universal cover.