A Java Course Outline
Using the Java By Dissection book
by Ira Pohl and Charlie McDowell

Excellent program, good use of variable names, nice output.

/*Maya Thornton
   This assignment will create a program which can 
   find the root of the equation F(x)=sin(x) - cos(x)
*/

class EquationRoot
{
   public static void main (String[] args)
   {
      double x;
      double F;
      double lowest=2; // "lowest" represents a place to store our closest value to zero
      double solution=0; //"solution" represents the value of 'x' that solves the root
      
      for( x=0; x<2; x=x + 0.001)   

      {   F = Math.sin(x) - Math.cos(x);

         if (Math.abs(F) < Math.abs(lowest))   
         {   lowest = F;
            solution=x;
         }//end of "if" statement
      
      }//end of "for" loop

      System.out.println("The root of F(x)=sin(x)-cos(x) is     " + lowest);
      System.out.println("The root of F(x)=sin(x)-cos(x) occurs at     x=" + solution);   
   
   }//end of main

}//end of class