George F. Carrier

George Carrier
George Carrier
	At Harvard University, ca. 1952
Born	May 4, 1918; Millinocket, Maine
Died	March 8, 2002 (aged 83); Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Cornell University
Known for	Fluid dynamics ; Combustion ; Tsunamis
Awards	Otto Laporte Award (1976); Theodore von Karman Medal (1977); Timoshenko Medal (1978); Fluid Dynamics Prize (APS) (1984); National Medal of Science (1990)
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Harvard University; Brown University
Thesis	Investigations in the Field of Aeolotropic Elasticity and the Bending of the Sectorial-Plate ; ;
Doctoral advisor	J. Norman Goodier
Doctoral students	Harvey P. Greenspan; Simon Ostrach;

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 tsunamis.

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 J. Norman Goodier.^[1] 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,^[2] the United States National Academy of Sciences in 1967, and the American Philosophical Society in 1976.^[3] 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.^[4]

He died from esophageal cancer on March 8, 2002.

Carrier's Rule

Carrier is known for "Carrier's Rule",^[5] a humorous explanation of why 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.”

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Notes

^ Abernathy FH and Bryson AE (2007) George F. Carrier, in "Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering", Vol. 11, 46-51.
^ "George Francis Carrier". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
^ National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science
^ 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) PDF of preprint

Other

Abernathy, Frederick; Fendell, Francis (June 3, 2002), Obituaries: George Francis Carrier, SIAM News, retrieved January 20, 2012
Abernathy, Frederick H.; Bryson, Arthur E. (2007), "George F. Carrier", Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, vol. 11, The National Academies Press, pp. 46–51, ISBN 978-0-309-10337-4

Sources

The Harvard Gazette Online

External links

[1] Abernathy FH and Bryson AE (2007) George F. Carrier, in "Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering", Vol. 11, 46-51.

[2] "George Francis Carrier". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 26, 2022.

[3] "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved July 26, 2022.

[4] National Science Foundation - The President's National Medal of Science

[5] 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) PDF of preprint

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