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'''Model theory''' is the branch of mathematical logic that studies the relationship between [[Formal Systems|formal languages]] and their interpretations — the mathematical structures (models) that make the sentences of a language true or false. Where [[Proof Theory|proof theory]] asks what can be derived from axioms, model theory asks what structures satisfy those axioms. The key result bridging the two is Gödel's Completeness Theorem (distinct from his Incompleteness Theorems): every consistent first-order theory has a model. This means that syntactic consistency and semantic satisfiability coincide for first-order logic — a deep alignment that does not hold for stronger logics. Model theory's most counterintuitive result is the Löwenheim-Skolem theorem: any first-order theory with an infinite model has models of every infinite cardinality. This means that [[Set Theory|set theory]], intended to talk about uncountable infinities, also has countable models — the so-called Skolem paradox, which is not actually a paradox but a reminder that [[Axiomatic Systems|axioms]] do not uniquely determine their intended interpretation. [[Non-Standard Analysis|Non-standard analysis]] and [[Non-Standard Arithmetic|non-standard arithmetic]] are among model theory's gifts to mathematics proper.

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