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Tensor analysis/Differential forms outside physics

There are many "geometric systems" like tensor analysis or differential forms calculus, which more or less different perspectives onto the same abstract relations.

Most applications are physical, like electromagnetism. I wonder whether there are applications of these geometric systems beyond physics. Can you show me some active areas of research in that direction?

A related question is whether there are partial differential equations whose origin is not directly physical and that can be meaning-fully stated in terms of tensor and vector fields.