[release-branch.go1.13] math/big: normalize unitialized denominators ASAP

A Rat is represented via a quotient a/b where a and b are Int values.
To make it possible to use an uninitialized Rat value (with a and b
uninitialized and thus == 0), the implementation treats a 0 denominator
as 1.

For each operation we check if the denominator is 0, and then treat
it as 1 (if necessary). Operations that create a new Rat result,
normalize that value such that a result denominator 1 is represened
as 0 again.

This CL changes this behavior slightly: 0 denominators are still
interpreted as 1, but whenever we (safely) can, we set an uninitialized
0 denominator to 1. This simplifies the code overall.

Also: Improved some doc strings.

Preparation for addressing issue #33792.

For #36689.
For #33792.

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