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Is the Karman Mode the Least Stable Mode Below the Critical Re?

Sushil Mohan Ratnaker¹, Sanjay Mittal^1,2

1 Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, U.P., India -208 016
2 smittal@iitk.ac.in, Phone: +91 512 2597906, Fax: +91 512 2597561