In Mathematics
- Proof by exhaustion, proof by examining all individual cases
- Exhaustion by compact sets, in analysis, a sequence of compact sets that converges on a given set
- Collectively exhaustive, in probability and set theory, a collection of sets whose union equals the complete space
- Method of exhaustion, in geometry, finding the area of a shape by approximating it with polygons
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