That was the point of the "What are eigen values?" article. It was to give the intuition behind the scary mathematical definition.
I find this helpful, as it answers the all important questions 1) Why should I care? and 2) What is the basic problem that the scary math is trying to solve?
With answers to those questions in hand, you can return to the scary math and work out how it maps to those answers.
I find this helpful, as it answers the all important questions 1) Why should I care? and 2) What is the basic problem that the scary math is trying to solve?
With answers to those questions in hand, you can return to the scary math and work out how it maps to those answers.