
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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A teacher intends to give the children a problem of the following type. He will tell them that he has thought of a polynomial \( P(x) \) of degree 2017 with integer coefficients and a leading coefficient of 1. Then he will provide them with \( k \) integers \( n_{1}, n_{2}, \ldots, n_{k} \), and separately provide the value of the expression \( P(n_{1}) \cdot P(n_{2}) \cdot \ldots \cdot P(n_{k}) \). From this data, the children must determine the polynomial that the teacher had in mind. What is the minimum value of \( k \) such that the polynomial found by the children will necessarily be the same as the one conceived by the teacher?

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