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1832 in science

  

1832 in science

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

  • Copley Medal: Michael Faraday; 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.


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