
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 \( a_{1}, a_{2}, \cdots, a_{17} \) be a permutation of \( 1,2, \cdots, 17 \) that satisfies
\[ 
\left(a_{1}-a_{2}\right)\left(a_{2}-a_{3}\right) \cdots\left(a_{16}-a_{17}\right)\left(a_{17}-a_{1}\right) 
= n^{17} .
\]

Find the maximum value of the positive integer \( n \).

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