Verifying Control Invariance of H-Polytopes is coNP-Complete
We prove that verifying whether an H-polytope is control invariant for a discrete-time linear system with polytopic input constraints is \textsc{coNP}-complete. This establishes a fundamental computational complexity barrier for set-theoretic control. As an immediate consequence, the exact computation of maximal control invariant subsets of H-polytopes is \textsc{coNP}-hard. These hardness results hold regardless of whether the input constraint set is given in H- or V-representation.
Authors
- Boris Houska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6761-239X)
- Mario E. Villanueva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4375-7081)
Publication Details
- Journal
- arXiv (Cornell University)
- Published
- 2026-10-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2610.36773
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Control Systems Optimization
- Type
- preprint