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Consider a system of polynomial equations \(P_1(x) = 0,\dots,P_n(x) =0\) with \(n\) unknowns. The Newton polyhedra \(\Delta_1,\dots,\Delta_n\) of the polynomials \(P_1(x),\dots,P_n(x)\) can be defined by a well known procedure. The author assumes that they are in sufficiently general position and consequently the system has only finitely many solutions \(F_1,\dots, F_n\) in the group \((\mathbb{C}^*)^n\). For any character \(\chi :(\mathbb{C}^*)^n \rightarrow \mathbb{C}\) the number \(\chi(F_1,\dots,F_n)\) is well defined. The author proves a remarkable expression for this number in terms of special symbols related to the vertices of the polyhedra \(\Delta_1 + \dots + \Delta_n\). The symbols are closely related to the symbols from higher local class field theory developed by Parshin and Kato. For \(n = 1\) this formula is reduced to the elementary Viëta formula. Just as in the case of \(n = 1\) some product formula (related to the reciprocity laws of the class field theory) plays an important role in the proof. There is a parallel additive formula where the residues will enter instead of the multiplicative symbols [see \textit{O. A. Gel'fond} and \textit{A. G. Khovanskij}, Dokl. Math. 54, No. 2, 700-702 (1996); translation from Dokl. Akad. Nauk, Ross. Akad. Nauk 350, No. 3, 298-300 (1996; Zbl 0898.32004)]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 0929.00102].