{calculations} is about calculations in (La)TeX documents. A popular package is calc.

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Golden ratio typography in TeX

In the article Secret Symphony: The Ultimate Guide to Readable Web Typography, the author asserts that there is a relationship between the font height (or x-height), line height and line width whereby ...
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What is the most convenient way to do general-arithmetic calculations involving lengths?

I know LaTeX can store at least two types of numbers: Dimensionless quantities (i.e. 1, pi, etc.) and lengths (i.e. 1pt, \textwidth, etc.). Is there some convenient, general way to do calculations, ...
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Generating pdf files that are “viewing-time” or current system-time dependent

The \FpEval{}{} function which can be used to do computations, and store the result in a variable, in latex. For details, kindly see How can I sum two values and store the result in other variable? . ...