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#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
void _fill_int(int* p, int val, int rep) {
  int i;
  for (i = 0; i < rep; i++) p[i] = val;
}
signed long long GETi() {
  signed long long i;
  scanf("%lld", &i);
  return i;
}
int N;
signed long long A[300000];
void solve() {
  int f, i, j, k, l, x, y;
  int tot = 0;
  cin >> N;
  for (i = 0; i < N; i++) cin >> A[i];
  x = 0, y = -1;
  while (x < N) {
    if (A[x] != -1) {
      if (y == -1) {
        y = x;
        x++;
      } else {
        tot++;
        if (abs(A[x] - A[y]) % (x - y)) {
          y = -1;
        } else {
          int diff = (A[x] - A[y]) / (x - y);
          x++;
          while (x < N) {
            y = A[x - 1] + diff;
            if (y <= 0) break;
            if (A[x] > 0 && A[x] != y) break;
            A[x] = y;
            x++;
          }
          if (x >= N) goto out;
          y = -1;
        }
      }
    } else {
      x++;
    }
  }
  tot++;
out:
  (void)printf("%d\n", tot);
}
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  string s;
  if (argc == 1) ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++) s += argv[i], s += '\n';
  for (int i = s.size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) ungetc(s[i], stdin);
  solve();
  return 0;
}
