Paco Lagerstrom

Paco Axel Lagerstrom (February 24, 1914 February 16, 1989) was an 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".

Paco Axel Lagerstrom
BornFebruary 24, 1914
DiedFebruary 16, 1989 (1989-02-17) (aged 74)
Alma materUniversity of Stockholm
Princeton University
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsAsymptotic expansion
Fluid mechanics
InstitutionsCaltech
ThesisMeasure and Integral in Partially Ordered Spaces (1942)
Doctoral advisorSalomon Bochner
Doctoral studentsJulian Cole
Athanassios S. Fokas
Milton Van Dyke
Saul Kaplun
Stephen Childress
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