Reformat Python docstring cross-references from Sphinx roles to mkdocstrings syntax

[Copilot]

• Review updated PR feedback and identify required reference syntax change
• Run baseline lint/tests before making edits
• Update bare docstring references from [name] to [name][]
• Run targeted lint/tests after edits
• Run final automated review/security validation
• Reply on addressed PR comment with commit hash

[dylanhmorris]

@copilot
Where the display name is identical to the reference apart from backticks, you can use just the display name (with backticks). e.g. [numpy.array][numpy.array] can be [numpy.array`].

Please change all instances.

[Copilot]

@copilot
Where the display name is identical to the reference apart from backticks, you can use just the display name (with backticks). e.g. [numpy.array][numpy.array] can be [numpy.array`].
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Updated in commit 60b63fb. I simplified cases where display text matched the target (for example [numpy.array] instead of [numpy.array][numpy.array]) while keeping explicit targets where they differ.

[dylanhmorris]

@copilot I misspoke in the previous instruction. bare references should be of the form [`numpy.array`][] (with internal backticks and a second set of brackets), not [numpy.array]. Please change.

[Copilot]

@copilot I misspoke in the previous instruction. bare references should be of the form [`numpy.array`][] (with internal backticks and a second set of brackets), not [numpy.array]. Please change.

Implemented in commit 50bfdfc. I changed bare references to the empty-target form ([name][]) throughout the updated docstrings.

[dylanhmorris]

Closing to do by hand.