Poles and zeros in pi pi scattering amplitudes

Attention is drawn to the remarkable systematics exhibited in the pi pi amplitudes provided by the CERN-Munich data. It is shown that the existence of resonance poles with specific spin and mass values and the behaviours of the amplitude zeros in the Mandelstam plane give strong support to the ideas associated with dual resonance models. It is emphasized that some gauge-like conditions of dual resonance models play an essential role in these considerations. (16 refs)