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The author considers a 1-parameter family \(f(\lambda,\cdot) : ({\mathbf R}^n,0) \to ({\mathbf R},0)\) of real analytic function germs and looks at bifurcation of the solutions of \(f(\lambda,\cdot)=0\) at the origin, as the parameter \(\lambda\) varies. Taking a representation \(\tilde f\) of \(f\) in a neighbourhood of the origin, the difference of the Euler-Poincaré characteristics of the sets of points \(A_+(\delta)\) such that \(\tilde f (\delta,x)\geq 0\) and \(A_-(\delta)\) such that \(\tilde f (\delta,x)\leq 0\) is expressed in an algebraic way. This is closely related to works of \textit{T. Nishimura, T. Fukuda} and \textit{K. Aoki} [Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 108, No. 3, 247-265 (1989; Zbl 0699.58054)] and \textit{Z. Szafraniec} [Kodai Math. J. 11, No. 1, 78-85 (1988; Zbl 0652.58011)] about algebraic formulae for the topological types of one-parameter diagrams and the number of branches of curves. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0868.00056].