Completely removed BaseLayer; no reason to keep it even for historical value

Author: srigas

docs/tutorials/Tutorial 1 - Getting Started.ipynb

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
     "Selecting and initializing a jaxKAN model is straightforward. Here we focus on the most basic model, `KAN`, where one needs to define the following arguments, which are universal for all KAN Layer types:\n",
     "\n",
     "- `layer_dims`: The dimensions for each of the network's layers' input/output nodes.\n",
-    "- `layer_type`: The type of KAN layer to use, which defaults to `base` (more details can be found in the next tutorial for other layer types).\n",
+    "- `layer_type`: The type of KAN layer to use, which defaults to `spline` (more details can be found in the next tutorial for other layer types).\n",
     "- `seed`: An integer for reproducibility.\n",
     "\n",
     "Apart from these, there is also the `required_parameters` argument, which is simply a dictionary with keys that correspond to additional parameters of the specific chosen layer.\n",

docs/tutorials/Tutorial 2 - Layer Types.ipynb

@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@
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    "metadata": {},
    "source": [
-    "To showcase the adaptive state transition, we will use the Base KAN Layer, which corresponds to the original implementation of KANs using B-Splines. For more details about the required parameters of this type of layer, refer to the API Documentation."
+    "To showcase the adaptive state transition, we will use the Spline KAN Layer, which corresponds to the original implementation of KANs using B-Splines. For more details about the required parameters of this type of layer, refer to the API Documentation."
    ]
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 5,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "id": "b350b56f-5daa-411f-9090-b544760c34ef",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     "req_params = {'k': 3, 'G': 3, 'grid_e': 0.02}\n",
     "\n",
     "model = KAN(layer_dims = layer_dims,\n",
-    "            layer_type = 'base',\n",
+    "            layer_type = 'spline',\n",
     "            required_parameters = req_params,\n",
     "            seed = seed\n",
     "           )"
@@ -431,14 +431,14 @@
   },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
-   "execution_count": 11,
+   "execution_count": null,
    "id": "815a1407-04e4-49a0-a3d5-ae8722a65e86",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
     "# Re-initialize the model\n",
     "model = KAN(layer_dims = layer_dims,\n",
-    "            layer_type = 'base',\n",
+    "            layer_type = 'spline',\n",
     "            required_parameters = req_params,\n",
     "            seed = seed\n",
     "           )\n",