
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 $f$ be a function taking the integers to the integers such that
\[f(m + n) + f(mn + 1) = f(m) f(n) + 1\]
for all integers $m$ and $n$.

Let $p$ be the number of possible values of $f(3),$ and let $t$ be the sum of all possible values of $f(3)$. Find $p \times t$.

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