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On any smooth surface one can choose isothermal coordinates in a neighborhood of any point.
What is the physical interpretation of this fact?
Do the isothermals describe an equilibrium distribution of temperature? How would that be true say on a sphere?
What is the physical interpretation of this fact?
Do the isothermals describe an equilibrium distribution of temperature? How would that be true say on a sphere?