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Lie pseudogroups are groups of transformations solutions of systems of ordinary (OD) or partial differential (PD) equations. The purpose of this paper is to present an elementary summary of a few recent results obtained through the application of the formal theory of systems of OD or PD equations and Lie pseudogroups to engineering (elasticity, electromagnetism) or mathematical physics (general relativity, gauge theory) and their couplings (piezoelectricity, photoelasticity). The work of Cartan is superseded by the use of the canonical Spencer sequence while the work of Vessiot is superseded by the use of the canonical Janet sequence but the link between these two sequences and thus these two works is still not known today. Using differential duality in the linear framework, the adjoint of the Spencer operator for the group of conformal transformations provides the Cosserat equations, the Maxwell equations and the Weyl equations on equal footing. Such a result allows to unify the finite elements of engineering sciences but also leads to deep contradictions in the case of gravitational waves. Indeed, the Beltrami operator (1892) which is parametrizing the Cauchy operator of elastici

Author

Pommaret, J. -F.

Published

2023

Language

EN