Python Smooth Pattern

[bjfultn]

@RussLaher I added a couple versions of the smooth lamp pattern code here:

• make_smooth_lamp_pattern_new.py - highly optimized and multi-threaded, runs in ~3 min
• make_smooth_lamp_pattern_mt.py - very similar to original code but now multi-threaded, runs in ~45 min

In both cases I struggle to reproduce the results on disk. The _new version may tread pixels within a kernel's width of the edge differently but I don't have a good reason that the _mt version would produce different results. In both cases the differences are usually 0.01-0.1 counts so it may be close enough. I think this is about as close as I can get it without a more detailed understanding of the edge and outlier treatment. @RussLaher lets work on this together when you get back.

[RussLaher]

Please merge the smooth-pattern branch directly into the develop branch (the [feature/upgrade_20240220 branch will be abandoned).

[RussLaher]

I made changes so your multi-threaded codes give similar results to the original script (make_smooth_lamp_pattern.py).