This document summarizes the Cournot duopoly model of market competition between two firms. It explains that under Cournot's assumptions, the two firms will each capture 1/3 of the market share and settle at an equilibrium price point between the competitive and monopoly prices. The model involves the firms reacting to each other's output and price decisions in successive rounds until they split the market evenly. Some criticisms of the model are that it assumes costless production and does not allow for new firm entry or learning over time.