
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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Given a positive integer  $n$ , suppose that  $P(x,y)$  is a real polynomial such that 
\[P(x,y)=\frac{1}{1+x+y} \hspace{0.5cm} \text{for all  $x,y\in\{0,1,2,\dots,n\}$ } \] What is the minimum degree of  $P$ ?

*Proposed by Loke Zhi Kin*

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