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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://gfs.sf.net) 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

![Multilayer model of the wave field generated by a volcanic eruption under [lake Taupo, New Zealand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Taup%C5%8D). Left: dispersive, right: non-dispersive. From [Hayward et al, 2022](Bibliography#hayward2022).](sandbox/Hayward/taupo.png){width="800px"}

## News

* Next [Basilisk Monthly Meeting](BMM/README) Tuesday 3rd May

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

~~~bib
@hal{chirco2022, hal-03717210}

@hal{mostert2022, hal-03631988}

@hal{uchida2022, hal-03633661}

@article{zhang2022,
	title = {Direct numerical simulation of compressible interfacial multiphase flows using a mass–momentum–energy consistent volume-of-fluid method},
	volume = {236},
	issn = {00457930},
	url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0045793021003650},
	doi = {10.1016/j.compfluid.2021.105267},
	journal = {Computers \& Fluids},
	author = {Zhang, Bo and Boyd, Bradley and Ling, Yue},
	year = {2022},
	pages = {105267},
}

~~~