
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 that the sequence $\left\{a_{n}\right\}$ has a period of 7 and the sequence $\left\{b_{n}\right\}$ has a period of 13, determine the maximum value of $k$ such that there exist $k$ consecutive terms satisfying
\[ a_{1} = b_{1}, \; a_{2} = b_{2}, \; \cdots , \; a_{k} = b_{k} \]

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