Ill-conditioned problems refer to situations in numerical analysis where a small change in the input can cause a large change in the output. This characteristic indicates that the problem is sensitive to perturbations, which can make numerical methods less reliable. In the context of iterative methods like the secant method, ill-conditioning can lead to difficulties in convergence and may result in inaccurate solutions if not handled properly.
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