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In universal algebra and in model theory, a structure consists of a set along with a collection of finitary operations, and relations that are defined on it. Universal algebra studies structures that generalize the algebraic structures such as groups, rings, fields and vector spaces. The term universal algebra is used for structures with no relation symbols.〔Some authors refer to structures as "algebras" when generalizing universal algebra to allow relations as well as functions.〕 Model theory has a different scope that encompasses more arbitrary theories, including foundational structures such as models of set theory. From the model-theoretic point of view, structures are the objects used to define the semantics of first-order logic. For a given theory in model theory, a structure is called a model, if it satisfies the defining axioms of that theory, although it is sometimes disambiguated as a ''semantic model'' when one discusses the notion in the more general setting of mathematical models. Logicians sometimes refer to structures as interpretations. In database theory, structures with no functions are studied as models for relational databases, in the form of relational models. == Definition == Formally, a structure can be defined as a triple consisting of a domain ''A'', a signature σ, and an interpretation function ''I'' that indicates how the signature is to be interpreted on the domain. To indicate that a structure has a particular signature σ one can refer to it as a σ-structure. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Structure (mathematical logic)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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