feat: add ndarray/base/diagonal

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/ndarray/base/diagonal/README.md

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+# diagonal
+
+> Return a view of the diagonal of a matrix (or stack of matrices).
+
+<section class="intro">
+
+For an `M`-by-`N` matrix `A`, the `k`-th diagonal is defined as
+
+<!-- <equation class="equation" label="eq:diagonal_definition" align="center" raw="D_k = \{\, A_{i,j} : j - i = k \,\}" alt="Definition of the k-th diagonal of a matrix."> -->
+
+```math
+D_k = \{\, A_{i,j} : j - i = k \,\}
+```
+
+<!-- <div class="equation" align="center" data-raw-text="D_k = \{\, A_{i,j} : j - i = k \,\}" data-equation="eq:diagonal_definition">
+    <img src="" alt="Definition of the k-th diagonal of a matrix.">
+    <br>
+</div> -->
+
+<!-- </equation> -->
+
+where `k = 0` corresponds to the main diagonal, `k > 0` corresponds to the super-diagonals (above the main diagonal), and `k < 0` corresponds to the sub-diagonals (below the main diagonal). For example, given the matrix
+
+<!-- <equation class="equation" label="eq:diagonal_example" align="center" raw="A = \begin{bmatrix} a_{0,0} & a_{0,1} & a_{0,2} \\ a_{1,0} & a_{1,1} & a_{1,2} \\ a_{2,0} & a_{2,1} & a_{2,2} \end{bmatrix}" alt="Example matrix."> -->
+
+```math
+A = \begin{bmatrix} a_{0,0} & a_{0,1} & a_{0,2} \\ a_{1,0} & a_{1,1} & a_{1,2} \\ a_{2,0} & a_{2,1} & a_{2,2} \end{bmatrix}
+```
+
+<!-- <div class="equation" align="center" data-raw-text="A = \begin{bmatrix} a_{0,0} & a_{0,1} & a_{0,2} \\ a_{1,0} & a_{1,1} & a_{1,2} \\ a_{2,0} & a_{2,1} & a_{2,2} \end{bmatrix}" data-equation="eq:diagonal_example">
+    <img src="" alt="Example matrix.">
+    <br>
+</div> -->
+
+<!-- </equation> -->
+
+the main diagonal is `[ a_{0,0}, a_{1,1}, a_{2,2} ]`, the super-diagonal `k = 1` is `[ a_{0,1}, a_{1,2} ]`, and the sub-diagonal `k = -1` is `[ a_{1,0}, a_{2,1} ]`.
+
+</section>
+
+<!-- /.intro -->
+
+<section class="usage">
+
+## Usage
+
+```javascript
+var diagonal = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/diagonal' );
+```
+
+#### diagonal( x, dims, k, writable )
+
+Returns a view of the diagonal of a matrix (or stack of matrices) `x`.
+
+```javascript
+var array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/array' );
+
+var x = array( [ [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 ], [ 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ], [ 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 ] ] );
+// returns <ndarray>[ [ 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 ], [ 4.0, 5.0, 6.0 ], [ 7.0, 8.0, 9.0 ] ]
+
+var y = diagonal( x, [ 0, 1 ], 0, false );
+// returns <ndarray>[ 1.0, 5.0, 9.0 ]
+```
+
+The function accepts the following arguments:
+
+-   **x**: input ndarray.
+-   **dims**: dimension indices defining the plane in which to extract the diagonal.
+-   **k**: diagonal offset.
+-   **writable**: boolean indicating whether the returned ndarray should be writable.
+
+</section>
+
+<!-- /.usage -->
+
+<section class="notes">
+
+## Notes
+
+-   The order of the dimension indices contained in `dims` matters. The first element specifies the row-like dimension. The second element specifies the column-like dimension.
+-   Each provided dimension index must reside on the interval `[-ndims, ndims-1]`.
+-   The diagonal offset `k` is interpreted as `column - row`. Accordingly, when `k = 0`, the function returns the main diagonal; when `k > 0`, the function returns the diagonal above the main diagonal; and when `k < 0`, the function returns the diagonal below the main diagonal.
+-   The returned ndarray is a **view** of the input ndarray. Accordingly, writing to the original ndarray will **mutate** the returned ndarray and vice versa.
+-   The `writable` parameter **only** applies to ndarray constructors supporting **read-only** instances.
+
+</section>
+
+<!-- /.notes -->
+
+<section class="examples">
+
+## Examples
+
+<!-- eslint no-undef: "error" -->
+
+```javascript
+var uniform = require( '@stdlib/random/uniform' );
+var ndarray2array = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/to-array' );
+var diagonal = require( '@stdlib/ndarray/base/diagonal' );
+
+// Create a stack of matrices:
+var x = uniform( [ 2, 3, 3 ], -10.0, 10.0, {
+    'dtype': 'float64'
+});
+console.log( ndarray2array( x ) );
+
+// Extract the main diagonals of the stack:
+var y = diagonal( x, [ 1, 2 ], 0, false );
+console.log( ndarray2array( y ) );
+
+// Extract the super-diagonals of the stack:
+y = diagonal( x, [ 1, 2 ], 1, false );
+console.log( ndarray2array( y ) );
+
+// Extract the sub-diagonals of the stack:
+y = diagonal( x, [ 1, 2 ], -1, false );
+console.log( ndarray2array( y ) );
+```
+
+</section>
+
+<!-- /.examples -->
+
+<section class="references">
+
+</section>
+
+<!-- /.references -->
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