
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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The natural numbers from 1 to 100 are arranged on a circle with the characteristic that each number is either larger as their two neighbours or smaller than their two neighbours. A pair of neighbouring numbers is called "good", if you cancel such a pair, the above property remains still valid. What is the smallest possible number of good pairs?

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