- 1832 in science
The year 1832 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events, listed below.Mathematics
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Évariste Galois presents a general condition for the solvability of algebraic equations, thereby essentially foundinggroup theory andGalois theory
*Peter Dirichlet provesFermat's last theorem for "n" = 14Physics
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Michael Faraday states his laws of electrolysisAwards
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Copley Medal :Michael Faraday ;Simeon Poisson Births
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June 17 -William Crookes (d. 1919),chemist andphysicist .
*August 16 -Wilhelm Wundt (d. 1920),physiologist andpsychologist .
*December 12 -Ludwig Sylow (d. 1918),mathematician .Deaths
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May 13 -Georges Cuvier (b. 1769),zoologist .
*May 31 -Évariste 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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