* pre-commit: Upgrade psf/black for stable style 2023
Updating https://github.com/psf/black ... updating 22.12.0 -> 23.1.0 for their `2023 stable style`.
* https://github.com/psf/black/blob/main/CHANGES.md#2310
> This is the first [psf/black] release of 2023, and following our stability policy, it comes with a number of improvements to our stable style…
Also, add https://github.com/tox-dev/pyproject-fmt and https://github.com/abravalheri/validate-pyproject to pre-commit.
I only modified `.pre-commit-config.yaml` and all other files were modified by pre-commit.ci and psf/black.
* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks
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* Tighten up psf/black and flake8
* Fix some tests
* Fix some E741
* Fix some E741
* updating DIRECTORY.md
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`error = abs(f(a))` was declared on line 24 and line 32. It is unnecessary to have in both places.
I removed the second instance since it wastes resources to keep redefining the variable inside the for loop.
This fixes an [issue found by lgtm](66c4afbd0f/files/maths/newton_raphson.py)
