feat: add math/array/special/softmax

[therealharshit]

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Description

add math/array/special/softmax

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• This pr adds a feat for the softmax function.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softmax_function

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[nakul-krishnakumar]

I believe these changes would be done automatically using preset pipelines and is not supposed to be edited manually. So there is no need to update any file outside the /softmax package.

[therealharshit]

I made the suggested changes, but I am interested in knowing more about this.

[therealharshit]

@nakul-krishnakumar thanks for reviewing! I made the suggested changes.