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A counterexample to Vaught's Conjecture for $L_{\omega_1,\omega}$

Nathanael L. Ackerman, Cameron Freer, Robin W. Knight

Hexagonhexagon/2610.00188Oct 11, 2026math.LOscore 0

We construct a sentence of $L_{\omega_1,\omega}$ having exactly $\aleph_1$ many countable models up to isomorphism, but no perfect set of non-isomorphic models. This disproves Vaught's conjecture for infinitary logic. The construction follows a framework devised by Robin Knight, and the proof has been formally verified in Lean.

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