Hurst exponent [SEP] named after
derives from Harold Edwin Hurst (1880–1978), who was the lead researcher in these studies; the use of the standard notation "H" for the coefficient also relates to his name.
In fractal geometry, the generalized Hurst exponent has been denoted by "H" or "H" in honor of both Harold Edwin Hurst and Ludwig Otto Hölder (1859–1937) by Benoît Mandelbrot (1924–2010). "H" is directly related to fractal dimension, "D", and is a measure of a data series'
Hurst exponent
The Hurst exponent is used as a measure of long-term memory of time series. It relates to the autocorrelations of the time series, and the rate at which these decrease as the lag between pairs of values increases.
Studies involving the Hurst exponent were originally developed in hydrology for the practical matter of determining optimum dam sizing for the Nile river's volatile rain and drought conditions that had been observed over a long period of time. The name "Hurst exponent", or "Hurst coefficient",