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A saddle point is a point on a surface where the slope is zero in all directions, but it's not a local maximum or minimum. In optimization, saddle points can pose challenges as they can appear to be solutions but are not optimal.
This simulation demonstrates how an object (the marble) moves on a saddle surface, potentially getting stuck in local minima. In optimization algorithms, this is analogous to how certain methods might converge to suboptimal solutions.