test: migrate stats/base/dists/exponential/variance to ULP-based assertions

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Ref: #11352

Description

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This pull request:

• migrates the tests of stats/base/dists/exponential/variance (test/test.js and test/test.native.js) from EPS-scaled tolerance checks (2.0 * EPS * abs( expected )) to ULP-based assertions via @stdlib/assert/is-almost-same-value.
• uses a single named constant, MAX_ULP = 2, in each test body. The bound was tightened by lowering it from 64: the measured minimum is 2 ULP for both the JavaScript and native implementations (0 and 1 ULP fail on 21 and 3 of the 55 assertions, respectively). Both test files were run twice at the final bound with identical, passing results.

Related Issues

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This pull request has the following related issues:

• [RFC]: Migrate math/base/special packages from relative tolerance testing to ULP difference testing (tracking issue) #11352

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This PR was authored by Claude Code running as an unattended scheduled routine: it selected the package, converted the tests, and determined the tightest ULP bound empirically.

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