Context
The general calculus treats a failed lift as a cocycle, its cohomology class as the obstruction, and a primitive—when one exists—as the receipt that repairs the presentation.
Proof or evidence
Two representatives of one quotient class acquire distinct differentials in the control.
Verification notes
The exact archived proofs were reconstructed, the displayed hypotheses and degree conventions were checked, the original finite controls were replayed, and an independent implementation tested the connecting, graph-transport, staged, and missing-subcomplex boundaries.
Limitations
- No novelty or specialist-review claim is made; the statement is limited to the displayed presentation and hypotheses.