<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Azimuth]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[John Baez]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/author/johncarlosbaez/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Thermodynamics and Wick&nbsp;Rotation]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Having two blogs is a bit confusing.  My student Mike Stay has some deep puzzles about physics, which I posted over at the <i>n</i>-Category Caf&eacute;:</p>
<p>&bull; Mike Stay, <a href="http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/category/2010/08/thermodynamics_and_wick_rotati.html">Thermodynamics and Wick Rotation</a>.</p>
<p>But maybe this blog already has some of its own readers, who don&#8217;t usually read the <i>n</i>-Caf&eacute;, but are interested in physics?  I don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p>Anyway: if you&#8217;re interested in the mysterious notion of temperature as imaginary time, please click the link and help us figure it out.  This should keep us entertained until I&#8217;m done with &#8220;week300&#8221; &mdash; the last issue of <i>This Week&#8217;s Finds in Mathematical Physics</i>.</p>
<p>No comments here, please &mdash; that would get <i>really</i> confusing.</p>
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