
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]

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# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

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Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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For each pair of real numbers \((x, y)\) with \(0 \leq x \leq y \leq 1\), consider the set
\[ A = \{ x y, x y - x - y + 1, x + y - 2 x y \}. \]

Let the maximum value of the elements in set \(A\) be \(M(x, y)\). Find the minimum value of \(M(x, y)\).

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