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*Basiliscus basiliscus* is the latin name of the extraordinary [Jesus
Christ lizard](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_basilisk), famous
for its ability to run on the surface of water, a characteristic it
shares with another well-known water-walker [*Gerris
lacustris*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerris_lacustris).

Basilisk is also the name of a [Free
Software](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software) program for the
solution of 
[partial differential equations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial_differential_equation)
on adaptive Cartesian meshes. It is the successor of [Gerris](http://gerris.dalembert.upmc.fr) and is
developed by the same [authors](src/AUTHORS).

If you want to find out more about Basilisk see:

* [Tutorial]()
* [Installation instructions](src/INSTALL)
* [Basilisk C]()
* [Solvers and functions](src/README)
* [Examples](src/examples/README)
* [Tests](src/test/README)
* [More documentation](sandbox/documentation)

## Picture of the month

![Diffusiophoresis-enhanced reaction-diffusion equations (bottom right) can explain how the [Ornate Boxfish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracana_ornata) gets its spots (bottom left).<br>See [How animals get their stripes and spots](https://www.colorado.edu/today/2023/11/08/how-animals-get-their-stripes-and-spots) and [Ben Alessio's sandbox](/sandbox/benalessio/README).](/sandbox/benalessio/alessio.jpg){width="60%"}

See also the [POM Gallery]().

## News

* **Dimensional Analysis** in the latest release: see the new
    [Tutorial](Tutorial.dimensions)

* **[Basilisk (Gerris) Users' Meeting 2023](BGUM2023), 5--7th July, Pierre & Marie Curie Campus, Paris. [Program and presentations](BGUM2023#program)**

* Next [Basilisk Monthly Meeting](BMM/README) TBA

* Recent publications (see [Bibliography]() for more)

~~~bib
@article{liu2023, 
title={Wave statistics and energy dissipation of shallow-water breaking waves in a tank with a level bottom}, 
volume={975}, 
DOI={10.1017/jfm.2023.876}, 
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, 
publisher={Cambridge University Press}, 
author={Liu, Shuo and Wang, Hui and Bayeul-Lainé, Annie-Claude and Li, Cheng and Katz, Joseph and Coutier-Delgosha, Olivier}, 
year={2023}, 
pages={A25}}

@article{kayal2023, 
title={Jet from a very large, axisymmetric, surface-gravity wave}, 
volume={975}, 
DOI={10.1017/jfm.2023.837}, 
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, 
publisher={Cambridge University Press}, 
author={Kayal, Lohit and Dasgupta, Ratul}, 
year={2023}, 
pages={A22}}

@hal{martin2023, hal-03832494}

@article{salvador2024,
title = {Droplet characterization of a pressure-swirl atomizer by means of high-fidelity modelling based on DNS simulations},
journal = {Fuel},
volume = {358},
pages = {130169},
year = {2024},
issn = {0016-2361},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2023.130169},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236123027837},
author = {F.J. Salvador and P. Martí-Aldaraví and A. Lozano and H. Taghavifar and A. Nemati},
keywords = {Atomization, DNS, Two-phase flow, Spray, Pressure-swirl, Droplet}
}
~~~