Geometric input params

[aabills]

Description

This pull request implements a SymbolicUniform1DSubmesh, which allows for geometric parameters, such as electrode thicknesses and particle sizes to be pybamm.InputParameter's.

Fixes #3649

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All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests ✅

Project coverage is 99.25%. Comparing base (a7253b8) to head (b46abfc).
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[rtimms]

thanks @aabills looks great, just a few comments

[brosaplanella]

Sorry, got late to the review, but that's great! Tagging @BradyPlanden as this will be relevant to PyBOP.

[aabills]

Do reach out to me if you are interested in using it, it doesn't work with the "out of the box" pybamm models but its relatively straightforward to get it working with custom models