feat: add C implementation for stats/base/dists/negative-binomial/variance

[AadishJ]

Resolves #3770 .

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This pull request:

• Adds a C implementation of the negative binomial variance.
• Includes benchmarks for the C implementation.
• Provides examples demonstrating the usage of the negative binomial variance in C.

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This pull request:

• resolves [RFC]: Add C implementation for @stdlib/stats/base/dists/negative-binomial/variance #3770

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[Planeshifter]

/stdlib update-copyright-years

[Planeshifter]

Thanks @AadishJ for your PR! Made some edits and will merge once CI checks have passed.

[Planeshifter]

/stdlib merge

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PR Commit Message

feat: add C implementation for `stats/base/dists/negative-binomial/variance`

PR-URL: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/pull/3906
Closes: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/issues/3770

Co-authored-by: Philipp Burckhardt <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: stdlib-bot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Philipp Burckhardt <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Philipp Burckhardt <[email protected]>

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[Planeshifter]

Lint failure is unrelated to this PR, will fix up in follow-up commit.