
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]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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2015 people are sitting around a round table, each of whom is either a knight or a liar. Knights always tell the truth, liars always lie. They were each given a card, with a unique number written on it. After looking at the cards of their neighbors, each person at the table said: "My number is greater than that of each of my two neighbors." After this, $k$ of the people said: "My number is less than that of each of my two neighbors." What is the maximum possible value of $k?

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