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#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
template <typename T>
void read(T &x) {
  int f = 1;
  x = 0;
  char c = getchar();
  while (!isdigit(c)) {
    if (c == '-') f = -1;
    c = getchar();
  }
  while (isdigit(c)) {
    x = x * 10 + c - '0';
    c = getchar();
  }
  x = x * f;
}
void write(int x) {
  if (x < 0) x = ~x + 1, putchar('-');
  if (x > 9) write(x / 10);
  putchar(x % 10 + '0');
}
int n, tot, p, temp;
long long a[(int)(2e5 + 1)];
int main() {
  read(n);
  for (register int(i) = (1); (i) <= (n); i++) read(a[i]);
  p = 1;
  while (p <= n) {
    tot++;
    int las = p, nex1, nex2;
    while (p <= n && a[p] == -1) p++;
    if (p > n) break;
    nex1 = p;
    p++;
    while (p <= n && a[p] == -1) p++;
    if (p > n) break;
    nex2 = p;
    temp = (a[nex2] - a[nex1]) / (nex2 - nex1);
    if (!((a[nex2] - a[nex1]) % (nex2 - nex1)) &&
        a[nex1] - 1ll * temp * (nex1 - las) > 0)
      while (p <= n) {
        p++;
        if (a[p] == -1) {
          if (a[p - 1] + temp <= 0) break;
          a[p] = a[p - 1] + temp;
        }
        if (a[p] != a[p - 1] + temp) break;
      }
  }
  write(tot);
  return 0;
}
