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Paco Axel Lagerstrom

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Swedish-American mathematician (1914-1989)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1914 to 1989 · aged 74
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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.

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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".

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Lived 1914 to 1989 · aged 74
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