<|im_start|>system
You are a helpful assistant. You first think about the reasoning process in the mind and then provide the user with the answer. You should try to truely solve the question by yourself without cheating.  <|im_end|>
<|im_start|>user
 We define the function  $f(x,y)=x^3+(y-4)x^2+(y^2-4y+4)x+(y^3-4y^2+4y)$ . Then choose any distinct  $a, b, c \in \mathbb{R}$  such that the following holds:  $f(a,b)=f(b,c)=f(c,a)$ . Over all such choices of  $a, b, c$ , what is the maximum value achieved by
\[\min(a^4 - 4a^3 + 4a^2, b^4 - 4b^3 + 4b^2, c^4 - 4c^3 + 4c^2)?\] Show your work in <think> </think> tags. And return the final answer in <answer> </answer> tags.<|im_end|>
<|im_start|>assistant
Let me solve this step by step.
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user
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We define the function  $f(x,y)=x^3+(y-4)x^2+(y^2-4y+4)x+(y^3-4y^2+4y)$ . Then choose any distinct  $a, b, c \in \mathbb{R}$  such that the following holds:  $f(a,b)=f(b,c)=f(c,a)$ . Over all such choices of  $a, b, c$ , what is the maximum value achieved by
\[\min(a^4 - 4a^3 + 4a^2, b^4 - 4b^3 + 4b^2, c^4 - 4c^3 + 4c^2)?\]
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