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A Refinement in \v{C}ech Cohomology of Coron's Necessary Condition

Optimization and Control 2026-02-23 v1

Abstract

Coron established a homological obstruction to continuous feedback stabilization of nonlinear control systems x˙=f(x,u)\dot{x}=f(x,u) with fC(Ω,Rn)f \in C(\Omega,\mathbb{R}^n) and f(0,0)=0f(0,0)=0, showing that local asymptotic stabilizability implies the induced homomorphism ff_* satisfies f(Hn1(Σϵ))=Hn1(Sn1)f_*\big(H_{n-1}(\Sigma_\epsilon)\big)=H_{n-1}(S^{n-1}), where Σϵ:=((BϵRn(0)×BϵRm(0))Ω)f1(0)\Sigma_\epsilon:=\Big(\big(\mathbb{B}_\epsilon^{\mathbb{R}^n}(0)\times\mathbb{B}_\epsilon^{\mathbb{R}^m}(0)\big)\cap \Omega\Big)\setminus f^{-1}(0). In this paper, we refine Coron's necessary condition using \v{C}ech cohomology and the Vietoris-Begle mapping theorem. Specifically, we prove that the closed version of Σϵ\Sigma_\epsilon must be a \v{C}ech cohomology (n1)(n-1)-sphere and that the restriction of ff to this subset induces an isomorphism on its \v{C}ech cohomology groups in all degrees. This strengthens Coron's condition from a constraint on the top class to a full cohomological rigidity statement.

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@article{arxiv.2602.17845,
  title  = {A Refinement in \v{C}ech Cohomology of Coron's Necessary Condition},
  author = {Bryce Christopherson and Farhad Jafari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.17845},
  year   = {2026}
}

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