Instability of vortex leapfrogging

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, , Citation D J Acheson 2000 Eur. J. Phys. 21 269 DOI 10.1088/0143-0807/21/3/310

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1 Jesus College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3DW, UK

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  1. Received 10 February 2000

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Abstract

A strange instability gives a new twist to a 100-year old problem in the theory of vortex motion. Computer simulation software is included in the online edition of this paper.

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