
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 an arithmetic sequence $\{a\_n\}$, where $a\_2 + a\_6 = 6$ and $S\_n$ is the sum of its first $n$ terms, with $S\_5 = \frac{35}{3}$.
(1) Find the general term formula for the sequence.
(2) Find the minimum value of the sum of the sequence's first $n$ terms, $S\_n$.

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