
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]

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[PIVOT]

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You should strictly follow the format below:

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Let \(\mathcal{S}\) be a set of 16 points in the plane, no three collinear. Let \(\chi(\mathcal{S})\) denote the number of ways to draw 8 line segments with endpoints in \(\mathcal{S}\), such that no two drawn segments intersect, even at endpoints. Find the smallest possible value of \(\chi(\mathcal{S})\) across all such \(\mathcal{S}\).

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