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{{short description|American mathematician}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = George Carrier
| image = 6146699 - George Francis Carrier - ca 1952.jpg
| caption = At Harvard University, ca. 1952
| birth_date = {{birth date|1918|5|4}}
| birth_place = [[Millinocket, Maine]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|3|8|1918|5|4}}
| death_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]]
| nationality = American
| field = [[Mathematics]]
| work_institution = [[Harvard University]]<br />[[Brown University]]
| alma_mater = [[Cornell University]]
| thesis1_title = Investigations in the Field of Aeolotropic Elasticity and the Bending of the Sectorial-Plate
| doctoral_advisor = [[James N. Goodier|J. Norman Goodier]]
| doctoral_students = {{plainlist|1=
*[[Harvey P. Greenspan]]
*[[Simon Ostrach]]
}}
| known_for  = [[Fluid dynamics]] <br /> [[Combustion]] <br /> [[Tsunami]]s
| prizes = {{no wrap|[[Otto Laporte Award]] {{small|(1976)}}<br>[[Theodore von Karman Medal]]  {{small|(1977)}}<br>[[Timoshenko Medal]] {{small|(1978)}}<br>[[Fluid Dynamics Prize (APS)]]  {{small|(1984)}}<br>[[National Medal of Science]] {{small|(1990)}}}}
| religion = 
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}}
'''George Francis Carrier''' (May 4, 1918 – March 8, 2002) was an [[engineer]] and [[physicist]], and the T. Jefferson Coolidge [[Professor]] of Applied Mathematics [[Emeritus]] of [[Harvard University]]. He was particularly noted for his ability to intuitively model a physical system and then deduce an analytical solution. He worked especially in the modeling of [[fluid mechanics]], combustion, and [[tsunami]]s.

Born in [[Millinocket, Maine]], he received a master's in engineering degree in 1939 and a Ph.D. in 1944 from [[Cornell University]] with a dissertation in applied mechanics entitled ''Investigations in the Field of Aeolotropic Elasticity and the Bending of the Sectorial-Plate'' under the supervision of [[James N. Goodier|J. Norman Goodier]].<ref>Abernathy FH and Bryson AE (2007) ''George F. Carrier'', in "Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering", Vol. 11, 46-51.</ref> He was co-author of a number of mathematical textbooks and over 100 journal papers.

Carrier was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1953,<ref>{{Cite web |title=George Francis Carrier |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/george-francis-carrier |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref> the United States [[National Academy of Sciences]] in 1967, and the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1976.<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=George+F.+Carrier&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> In 1990, he received the [[National Medal of Science]], the United States' highest scientific award, presented by President Bush, for his contributions to the natural sciences.<ref>[https://www.nsf.gov/od/nms/recip_details.cfm?recip_id=70 National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science]</ref>

He died from [[esophageal cancer]] on March 8, 2002.

==Carrier's Rule==
Carrier is known for "Carrier's Rule",<ref>J. P. Boyd, ''The Devil's Invention: Asymptotic, Superasymptotic and Hyperasymptotic Series'', Acta Applicandae Mathematicae: An International Survey Journal on Applying Mathematics and Mathematical Applications  
 '''56''', 1-98 (1999) [http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jpboyd/boydactaapplicreview.pdf PDF of preprint]</ref> a humorous explanation of why [[divergent series|divergent]] [[asymptotic series]] often yield good approximations if the first few terms are taken even when the expansion parameter is of order one, while in the case of a convergent series many terms are needed to get a good approximation: “Divergent series converge faster than convergent series because they don't have to converge.”

==References==

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===Other===
*{{Citation | url=http://www.siam.org/news/news.php?id=444 | publisher=[[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics|SIAM]] News | title=Obituaries: George Francis Carrier | date=June 3, 2002 | first1=Frederick |last1=Abernathy |first2=Francis |last2=Fendell |access-date=January 20, 2012 }}
*{{Citation | contribution=George F. Carrier | title=Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering |  first1=Frederick H. |last1=Abernathy |first2=Arthur E. |last2=Bryson |isbn=978-0-309-10337-4 |url=http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11912 |year=2007 |volume=11 |pages=46–51 | publisher=The National Academies Press }}

==Sources==
*[http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/02/george-francis-carrier/ ''The Harvard Gazette Online'']

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050420035116/http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2002/03.21/08-carrier.html Obituary at www.news.harvard.edu]
*{{MathGenealogy|id=13296}}

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