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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

![[Global Tides](src/examples/global-tides.c)](src/examples/global-tides/M2.png){width="100%"}

See also the [POM Gallery]().

## News

* [**Basilisk (Gerris) Users' Meeting 2025**](BGUM2025), 7–9th July, University of Oxford, [**Program**](BGUM2025#program).<br>

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

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

[comment]: # (You may add your new paper to the top op of the list and remove the fourth, i.e. last, entry, but only after checking that it is also present in the Bibliography.)

~~~bib
@hal{wu2025, hal-05108994}

@hal{scapin2025, hal-05105692}

@hal{kulkarni2025, hal-05104157}

@article{gai2025, 
title={Deformation, dynamics and rheology of immersed elastic capsules in an inertial shear flow}, 
volume={1010}, 
DOI={10.1017/jfm.2025.294}, 
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, 
author={Gai, Guodong and Huet, Damien P. and Gong, Jiahao and Wachs, Anthony}, 
year={2025}, 
pages={A52}}
~~~