Add warning for KS conservative in higher dimensions

Ceyron · Sep 23, 2024 · beea37e · beea37e
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diff --git a/exponax/stepper/_kuramoto_sivashinsky.py b/exponax/stepper/_kuramoto_sivashinsky.py
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ def __init__(
         self.single_channel = single_channel
         self.dealiasing_fraction = dealiasing_fraction
 
+        if num_spatial_dims > 1:
+            print(
+                "Warning: The KS equation in conservative format does not generalize well to higher dimensions."
+            )
+            print(
+                "Consider using the combustion format (`exponax.stepper.KuramotoSivashinsky`) instead."
+            )
+
         if single_channel:
             num_channels = 1
         else: