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The year 1832 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

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

; Simeon Poisson

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 .