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From multi- +‎ fractional.

Adjective

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multifractional (not comparable)

  1. (mathematics) Involving multiple fractions.
    • 2015, Sixian Jin, Qidi Peng, Henry Schellhorn, “Estimation of the Pointwise Hölder Exponent of Hidden Multifractional Brownian Motion Using Wavelet Coefficients”, in arXiv[1]:
      We propose a wavelet-based approach to construct consistent estimators of the pointwise H\"older exponent of a multifractional Brownian motion, in the case where this underlying process is not directly observed.