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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

<div class="figure">
<video controls="" preload="metadata" width="80%">
+<source src="/src/examples/gulf-stream/2048/omega-short.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
<p class="caption">
[The Gulf Stream](/src/examples/gulf-stream.c)
</p>
</div>

See also the [POM Gallery]().

## News

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

* **Congratulations to Jiarong Wu!** who is a runner up for JFM's [Emerging Scholar Best Paper 2023](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-fluid-mechanics/announcements/prizes-and-awards/emerging-scholar-best-paper-2023), see also [Wu et al, 2023](Bibliography#wu2023) and the [POM Gallery]().

* **Basilisk can now run on GPUs**: see [GPU grids](/src/grid/gpu/grid.h) and [GPU Benchmarks](/src/grid/gpu/Benchmarks.md).

* 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
@article{yu2024, 
title={Roll waves on laminar sheet flow of Newtonian fluid with negligible surface tension}, 
volume={999}, 
DOI={10.1017/jfm.2024.887}, 
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, 
author={Yu, Boyuan and Chu, Vincent H.}, 
year={2024},
month={November},
pages={A49}}

@article{cranmer2024,
  title = {Non-Negligible Buoyancy Effect on Bubbles Travelling in Horizontal Microchannels of Comparable Size at Small {{Bond}} Numbers},
  author = {Cranmer, Jakub A. and Sharaborin, Evgenii and Khodaparast, Sepideh and Giustini, Giovanni and Magnini, Mirco},
  year = {2024},
  month = dec,
  journal = {International Journal of Multiphase Flow},
  volume = {181},
  pages = {105019},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
  issn = {03019322},
  doi = {10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2024.105019},
  urldate = {2024-11-15},
  langid = {english},
  annotation = {[ZMU-dateModified]2024-11-16T02:43:07+08:00}
}

@article{shi2024, 
title={Lateral migration and bouncing of a deformable bubble rising near a vertical wall. Part 1. Moderately inertial regimes}, 
volume={998}, 
DOI={10.1017/jfm.2024.865}, 
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, 
author={Shi, Pengyu and Zhang, Jie and Magnaudet, Jacques}, 
year={2024},
month={October},
pages={A8}}

@article{zinelis2024, 
title={Transition to elasto-capillary thinning dynamics in viscoelastic jets}, volume={998}, 
DOI={10.1017/jfm.2024.787}, 
journal={Journal of Fluid Mechanics}, 
author={Zinelis, Konstantinos and Abadie, Thomas and McKinley, Gareth H. and Matar, Omar K.}, 
year={2024},
month={October},
pages={A4}}
~~~