[RFC]: Bray-Curtis distance between two strided arrays
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Description
### Description
This RFC proposes adding a function to calculate the Bray-Curtis distance between two strided arrays.
Package: `@stdlib/math/strided/distances/braycurtis`
The function should have the following signature `braycurtis( N, x, strideX, y, strideY )`.
- N: Number of elements
- x: First array
- strideX: Stride for the first array
- y: Second array
- strideY: Stride for the second array
The function should return the Bray-Curtis distance between the two arrays. It is calculated by
```
d = sum( |x_i - y_i| ) / sum( |x_i + y_i| )
```
where `x_i` and `y_i` are corresponding elements from the two arrays.
### References
- [Bray-Curtis distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bray%E2%80%93Curtis_dissimilarity)
- [SciPy](https://docs.scipy.org/doc/scipy/reference/generated/scipy.spatial.distance.braycurtis.html#scipy.spatial.distance.braycurtis)
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