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RFC: compute the Yeo-Johnson transformation

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## Description

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Add support for computing the [Yeo-Johnson transformation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_transform#Yeo-Johnson_transformation).

Package: `@stdlib/math/base/special/yeo-johnson`
Alias: `base.yeoj`

## Related Issues

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## Other

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Not many reference implementations exist. Thus, some work may need to be done researching source literature.

- [R](https://www.rdocumentation.org/packages/VGAM/versions/1.0-4/topics/yeo.johnson)
- [R](https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~yee/VGAM/)

To some degree, an implementation can find inspiration in `@stdlib/math/base/special/boxcox`.

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[faq]: https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/blob/develop/FAQ.md

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