
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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In equality  $$ 1 * 2 * 3 * 4 * 5 * ... * 60 * 61 * 62 = 2023 $$  Instead of each asterisk, you need to put one of the signs “+” (plus), “-” (minus), “•” (multiply) so that the equality becomes true. What is the smallest number of "•" characters that can be used?

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