The Hodge Star Operator and the Beltrami Equation

Abstract

An essentially unique homeomorphic solution to the Beltrami equation was found in the 1960s using the theory of Calder\'{o}n-Zygmund and singular integral operators in $L^p(\mathbb C)$. We will present an alternative method to solve the Beltrami equation using the Hodge star operator and standard elliptic PDE theory. We will also discuss a different method to prove the regularity of the solution. This approach is partially based on work by Dittmar.