# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paco-axel-lagerstrom
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:25:54.882Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paco-axel-lagerstrom"
name: "Paco Axel Lagerstrom"
slug: "paco-axel-lagerstrom"
description: "Paco Axel Lagerstrom was a Swedish-American applied mathematician and aeronautical engineer. He was trained formally in mathematics, but worked for much of his career in aeronautical applications. He was known for work in applying the method of asymptotic expansion to fluid mechanics problems. Several of his works have become classics, including \"Matched Asymptotic Expansions: Ideas And Techniques\"."
tagline: "Swedish-American mathematician (1914-1989)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1914-02-24"
deathDate: "1989-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.469042666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "پاكو اكسيل لاجيرستروم"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump