Add release notes for v0.3.1

README.md

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 In [1]: import galois
 
 In [2]: galois.__version__
-Out[2]: '0.3.0'
+Out[2]: '0.3.1'
 ```
 
 ### Create a [`FieldArray`](https://mhostetter.github.io/galois/latest/api/galois.FieldArray/) subclass

docs/index.rst

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    release-notes/versioning.rst
+   release-notes/v0.3.1.md
    release-notes/v0.3.0.md
    release-notes/v0.2.0.md
    release-notes/v0.1.2.md

docs/release-notes/v0.3.1.md

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+# v0.3.1
+
+*Released December 12, 2022*
+
+## Changes
+
+- Fixed a bug in the Pollard $\rho$ factorization algorithm that caused an occasional infinite loop. ([#450](https://github.com/mhostetter/galois/pull/450))
+  ```ipython
+  In [1]: import galois
+
+  # v0.3.0
+  In [2]: %time galois.GF(2400610585866217)
+  # Never returns...
+
+  # v0.3.1
+  In [2]: %time galois.GF(2400610585866217)
+  Wall time: 96 ms
+  Out[2]: <class 'galois.GF(2400610585866217)'>
+  ```
+- Formatted the code and unit tests with `black` and `isort`. ([#446](https://github.com/mhostetter/galois/pull/446), [#449](https://github.com/mhostetter/galois/pull/449))
+
+## Contributors
+
+- Matt Hostetter ([@mhostetter](https://github.com/mhostetter))
+- [@pivis](https://github.com/pivis)