Editing 1832 in science (section)

==Mathematics==
* [[Évariste Galois]] presents a general condition for the solvability of [[algebra|algebraic equations]], thereby essentially founding [[group theory]] and [[Galois theory]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Tony|last=Crilly|title=50 Mathematical Ideas you really need to know|location=London|publisher=Quercus|year=2007|isbn=978-1-84724-008-8|page=152}}</ref> On May 29, the eve of a duel from which he will die, he writes his "mathematical testament", a letter to [[Auguste Chevalier]]. 
* [[Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet]] proves [[Fermat's Last Theorem]] for ''n'' = 14.
* [[János Bolyai]]'s system of [[non-Euclidean geometry]] is first published.<ref>As an appendix to a mathematics textbook by his father, [[Farkas Bolyai]], published in [[Târgu Mureș|Maros Vásárhelyini]].</ref>