Local implicit-function parameterization: Let U⊆RnU\subseteq\mathbb R^n be an , let F:U→RmF:U\to\mathbb R^m be continuously differentiable with m<nm<n, and let p∈Up\in U satisfy F(p)=0F(p)=0. If the derivative DF(p):Rn→RmDF(p):\mathbb R^n\to\mathbb R^m has rank mm (equivalently, pp is a of FF), then after reordering coordinates in Rn\mathbb R^n there exist neighborhoods WW of pp and VV of some u0∈Rn−mu_0\in\mathbb R^{n-m} and a continuously φ:V→Rm\varphi:V\to\mathbb R^m such that, in these coordinates,

{x∈W:F(x)=0}={(u,φ(u)):u∈V}.\{x\in W: F(x)=0\}=\{(u,\varphi(u)): u\in V\}.
Equivalent characterizations

Equivalently, near a regular point, the F−1(0)F^{-1}(0) is locally a graph, as guaranteed by the .