1832 in science
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The year 1832 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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Mathematics
- Évariste Galois presents a general condition for the solvability of algebraic equations, thereby essentially founding group theory and Galois theory
- Peter Dirichlet proves Fermat's last theorem for n = 14
Physics
- Michael Faraday states his laws of electrolysis
Awards
Births
- June 17 - William Crookes (d. 1919), chemist and physicist.
- December 12 - Ludwig Sylow (d. 1918), mathematician.
Deaths
- May 13 - Georges Cuvier (b. 1769), zoologist.
- May 31 - Evariste Galois (b. 1811), mathematician.
- August 24 - Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (b. 1796), mathematician
- September 2 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach (b. 1754), astronomer.