Modify Aviary to default to basic optimizers (like SLSQP) across the board
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In examples and documentation, we frequently make use of the IPOPT and SNOPT optimizers. We need to make sure all introductory documentation examples and in-source-code examples we expect users to interact with can be run without pyoptsparse. Advanced examples might be ok to leave as-is, but should be called out in documentation that they require pyoptsparse.
All Aviary functions should default to SLSQP so L1 users can easily execute code without needing additional arguments.
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