
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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Let  $n$  be a positive integer and  $a_1, a_2, \dots, a_n$  non-zero real numbers. What is the least number of non-zero coefficients that the polynomial  $P(x) = (x - a_1)(x - a_2)\cdots(x - a_n)$  can have?

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