
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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Find all values of \( a \) for which the system

$$
\left\{\begin{array}{l}
2^{b x}+(a+1) b y^{2}=a^{2} \\
(a-1) x^{3}+y^{3}=1
\end{array}\right.
$$

has at least one solution for any value of \( b \) (\(a, b, x, y \in \mathbf{R}\)).

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