
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Find the smallest real number \( a \) such that for any non-negative real numbers \( x \), \( y \), and \( z \) that sum to 1, the following inequality holds:
$$
a(x^{2} + y^{2} + z^{2}) + xyz \geq \frac{a}{3} + \frac{1}{27}.
$$

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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