Wtf are eigenvalues and eigenvectors? I had that same thought and felt like I wasn't alone, so I went and figured it out and made a bunch of youtube tutorials about them. 

PS, did you know that "eigen" more or less means "my own" in Dutch? You'll understand the relevance once you go through the videos. 

Wtf are eigenvalues and eigenvectors 
Show that x is an eigenvector of A and find the corresponding eigenvalue
Show that λ is an eigenvalue of A and find a corresponding eigenvector
Find the characteristic polynomial of a matrix
Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a 2x2 matrix
Find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a 3x3 matrix

9 new tutorials are up on matrix algebra. This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember: all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more. 

• The linear algebra matrix introduced
• Matrix addition, scalar multiplication, and "subtraction"
• Matrix multiplication
• Matrix transpose
• Find the determinant of a 2x2 matrix
• Find the determinant of a 3x3 matrix using cofactor expansion
• Find the determinant of a 3x3 matrix the fast way
• Find the inverse of a 2x2 matrix
• Find the inverse of a 3x3 matrix using the Gauss-Jordan method

After a very long hiatus, a new section is up in the linear algebra course covering vector combinations and span. There is about a 5 year gap between the publishing dates of video #25 and #26, whoops. Oh well, I'm back at it again with linear algebra and hope to finish off the set this month. Here are the new videos:

• How to determine if one vector is a linear combination of a set of vectors 
• How to determine if one vector in the span of a set of vectors 
• Write a vector as a linear combination of a set of vectors 
• How to determine if a set of vectors are linearly dependent or independent 
• Write a dependence equation for a set of vectors 
• Does a set of vectors span R^n
• What is a subspace
• Find a basis for the span of a set of vectors (either a subspace or a vector space)
• Some thoughts on linear combinations and span​​

The final section in the Structural Analysis course is now complete, it's on the force method. This is a great method for solving one degree statically indeterminate structures. It's an awful way to solve structures that are 2+ degrees indeterminate. This is pretty evident by the one degree example taking under 10 minutes to solve, and the two degree example taking 40 minutes (split into 3 parts). Unfortunately, at some point in your life, you are probably going to be asked to solve a two degree statically indeterminate structure with the force method, and because of that, I slogged my way through example #2.

Force method explained
Force method example #1: one degree indeterminate
Force method example #2: two deg indeterminate (pt 1/3)
Force method example #2: two deg indeterminate (pt 2/3)
Force method example #2: two deg indeterminate (pt 3/3)

A new section of the Structural Analysis course is done! It covers the explanation of the 3 moment equation and three comprehensive example problems:
3 moment equation explained
3 moment equation example #1 (pt 1/3)
3 moment equation example #1 (pt 2/3)
3 moment equation example #1 (pt 3/3) - alternate method
3 moment equation example #2: three span beam (pt 1/3)
3 moment equation example #2: three span beam (pt (2/3)
3 moment equation example #2: three span beam (pt (3/3)
3 moment equation example #3: rigid connection (pt 1/2)
3 moment equation example #3: rigid connection (pt (2/2)

Learn how to solve statically and kinematically indeterminate beams with the slope deflection method with these structural analysis tutorials. These problems are typically pretty long, so the examples are split into 3 parts each:

• Slope deflection method explained
• Slope deflection method example #1 (part 1/3)
  
• Slope deflection method example #1 (part 2/3)
  
• Slope deflection method example #1 (part 3/3)
• Slope deflection method example #2 (part 1/3)
  
• Slope deflection method example #2 (part 2/3)
• Slope deflection method example #2 (part 3/3)​

New structural analysis tutorials are up on the moment area method! Hope you like geometry, because there's lots in this method. Check out the 10 new videos:

• Moment area method explained
• Moment area method example #1
• Moment area method example #2
• Moment area method example #3
• Moment area method example #4
• Moment area method by parts explained
• Moment area method by parts example #1
• Moment area method by parts example #2
• Non-symmetrical moment area method example
• Find location & magnitude of max deflection

We've got 4 new tutorials up in our structural analysis course on the method of superposition! These lessons go over some statically determinate beam problems, and show how to use the method of superposition while looking up common table values for slope and deflection:

• Method of superposition for beam slope and deflection explained
• Method of superposition example #1: a simply supported beam
• Method of superposition example #2: a cantilever beam
• Method of superposition example #3: with an applied moment