  In this paper, we prove the linear inviscid damping and voticity depletion
phenomena for the linearized Euler equations around the Kolmogorov flow. These
results confirm Bouchet and Morita's predictions based on numerical analysis.
By using the wave operator method introduced by Li, Wei and Zhang, we solve
Beck and Wayne's conjecture on the optimal enhanced dissipation rate for the
2-D linearized Navier-Stokes equations around the bar state called Kolmogorov
flow. The same dissipation rate is proved for the Navier-Stokes equations if
the initial velocity is included in a basin of attraction of the Kolmogorov
flow with the size of $\nu^{\frac 23+}$, here $\nu$ is the viscosity
coefficient.
