“…Solutions of this kind have ǫ = +1 (since ∂h i /∂y a = ∂s a /∂u i and the determinant in (2.12) is positive). If these are the only solutions, then (2.11) reduces 24) with N the total number of solutions of the original equation. Thus if all solutions of the extended system are at y i = 0, then the number of solutions of the extended system, weighted by sign, is the same as the total number of solutions of the original system.…”