Solution

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Suppose and all are distinct. A nonzero forces . Distinctness then makes every other charged field vanish, and forces . The D-flatness equation fixes , while its phase is removed by the gauge group. There is therefore one isolated supersymmetric vacuum for each flavor,
for a total of vacua. Negative gives the analogous vacua with nonzero.

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