
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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For any integer  $a$ , let  $f(a) = |a^4 - 36a^2 + 96a - 64|$ . What is the sum of all values of  $f(a)$  that are prime?

*Proposed by Alexander Wang*

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