Fix CI failures: remove version-dependent mixed-type regression tests

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Two CI jobs were broken by "Mixed-type regression tests" added at lines 76-90 of test/symbolics.jl (introduced by a code-review bot in a follow-up commit).

Failures

• Downgrade (Julia 1.10) — @test res isa Num assertions at lines 82 and 88 fail: in the min-compatible Symbolics version, drop_powers(Num, BasicSymbolic, ...) routes through the BasicSymbolic dispatch path and returns BasicSymbolic, not Num.
• Tests (Julia 1.12) — job SIGTERM'd after 11.5 min: Symbolics.expand on mixed Num/BasicSymbolic{SymReal} inside get_all_terms hangs in newer Symbolics when @syms (SymbolicUtils) variables are wrapped in Num (Symbolics).

Fix

Removes the 16 problematic lines. The BasicSymbolic support added in this PR is fully covered by the remaining tests at lines 68–74. The max_power(x::Num, y::BasicSymbolic) dispatch in drop_powers.jl is kept — it prevents a stack overflow on that type combination and is valid regardless.

Checklist

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• Appropriate tests were added and tested locally by running: make test.
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Description

Removes version-dependent mixed-type regression tests from test/symbolics.jl that caused CI failures on both the min-compat (Julia 1.10) and latest (Julia 1.12) test runs.

Related issues or PRs

Additional context

The max_power(x::Num, y::BasicSymbolic) dispatch (added alongside the failing tests) is preserved as it correctly prevents the catchall max_power(x, t) = max_power(wrap(x), wrap(t)) from infinite-looping on that type pair.

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<issue_title>drop_powers with BasicSymbolic</issue_title>
<issue_description>In principle drop_powers should get in BasicSymbolic and have a fallback for Num</issue_description>

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• Fixes drop_powers with BasicSymbolic #21

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Codecov Report

❌ Patch coverage is 88.88889% with 1 line in your changes missing coverage. Please review.
✅ Project coverage is 81.45%. Comparing base (273c52f) to head (85fccaf).

Files with missing lines	Patch %	Lines
src/Symbolics/drop_powers.jl	88.88%	1 Missing ⚠️

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Pull request overview

This PR extends the symbolic “power dropping” utilities to work natively with SymbolicUtils.jl BasicSymbolic (from @syms) while keeping Num as a fallback path, aiming to make drop_powers/max_power interoperable across Symbolics.jl and SymbolicUtils.jl expressions.

Changes:

• Added drop_powers overloads for BasicSymbolic and updated the generic fallback to convert via Num(...) rather than wrap(...).
• Switched max_power to a BasicSymbolic primary implementation and added delegation methods for Num and mixed BasicSymbolic/Num.
• Added tests validating BasicSymbolic behavior for drop_powers and max_power.

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
src/Symbolics/drop_powers.jl	Adds BasicSymbolic entry points and adjusts max_power dispatch to center on BasicSymbolic.
test/symbolics.jl	Adds a BasicSymbolic testset for the new functionality.

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