
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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Let  $e > 0$  be a given real number. Find the least value of  $f(e)$  (in terms of  $e$  only) such that the inequality  $a^{3}+ b^{3}+ c^{3}+ d^{3} \leq e^{2}(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2}) + f(e)(a^{4}+b^{4}+c^{4}+d^{4})$  holds for all real numbers  $a, b, c, d$ .

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