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Scott isomorphism theorem

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Every countable structure in a countable first-order language has a Scott sentence. Hence countable structures satisfying the same sentences of countable infinitary logic are isomorphic. The proof uses Scott formulas, stabilization on the countable set of finite tuples, and the back-and-forth method.

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