Let be the formulas whose free variables are among . Define when . The n-variable Lindenbaum algebra quotient is a Boolean algebra, with meet, join and complement induced by conjunction, disjunction and negation; its zero and one are contradiction and truth classes. Its order is exactly when .
The Ryll-Nardzewski theorem states that for a complete theory with infinite models in a countable language, the following are equivalent: the theory is countably categorical; for every finite there are only finitely many complete -types over the empty set; and every Boolean algebra is finite. Equivalently each such type is isolated. The countable-language and completeness hypotheses are essential parts of this formulation.