
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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It is given a 1001*1001 board divided in 1*1 squares. We want to amrk m squares in such a way that:
1: if 2 squares are adjacent then one of them is marked.
2: if 6 squares lie consecutively in a row or column then two adjacent squares from them are marked.

Find the minimun number of squares we most mark.

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