remove: remove identity from namespace

This commit removes the `identity` symbol from the `@stdlib/math/base/special`
namespace due to a package migration.

BREAKING CHANGE: remove `identity`

To migrate, users should access the same symbol via the
`@stdlib/number/float64/base` namespace.

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Author: gururaj1512

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/docs/types/index.d.ts

@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ import haversin = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/haversin' );
 import heaviside = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/heaviside' );
 import hypot = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/hypot' );
 import hypotf = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/hypotf' );
-import identity = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/identity' );
 import identityf = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/identityf' );
 import inv = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/inv' );
 import invf = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/invf' );
@@ -4654,34 +4653,6 @@ interface Namespace {
 	*/
 	hypotf: typeof hypotf;
 
-	/**
-	* Evaluates the identity function for double-precision floating-point number `x`.
-	*
-	* @param x - input value
-	* @returns input value
-	*
-	* @example
-	* var v = ns.identity( -1.0 );
-	* // returns -1.0
-	*
-	* @example
-	* var v = ns.identity( 2.0 );
-	* // returns 2.0
-	*
-	* @example
-	* var v = ns.identity( 0.0 );
-	* // returns 0.0
-	*
-	* @example
-	* var v = ns.identity( -0.0 );
-	* // returns -0.0
-	*
-	* @example
-	* var v = ns.identity( NaN );
-	* // returns NaN
-	*/
-	identity: typeof identity;
-
 	/**
 	* Evaluates the identity function for single-precision floating-point number `x`.
 	*

lib/node_modules/@stdlib/math/base/special/lib/index.js

@@ -1449,15 +1449,6 @@ setReadOnly( special, 'hypot', require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/hypot' ) );
 */
 setReadOnly( special, 'hypotf', require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/hypotf' ) );
 
-/**
-* @name identity
-* @memberof special
-* @readonly
-* @type {Function}
-* @see {@link module:@stdlib/math/base/special/identity}
-*/
-setReadOnly( special, 'identity', require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/identity' ) );
-
 /**
 * @name identityf
 * @memberof special