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Bug introduced in 9.0 and persisting through 11.0

Can anyone reproduce the following bug, or figure out a work-around. The following crashes the kernel on both Mathematica 10 and 11, on my macs, running OSX 10.10 and 10.11:

Cl[len_Integer] := SparseArray[{ Band[{1, 1}] -> Table[-2., {len}], Band[{1, 2}] -> Table[1. + 1./(2 j - 1.), {j, 1., len - 1}], Band[{2, 1}] -> Table[1. - 1./(2 j + 1.), {j, 1., len - 1}]}, {len, len}] s = Cl[30] t = -2. s

The last line (simply multiplying the matrix by a negative number) causes the crash. I have tried changing the matrix -- and some changes help, other do not. Multiplying by positive numbers is fine.

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  • $\begingroup$ It works on Mathematica 10 for windows. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 19:15
  • $\begingroup$ It works fine on v10.0.1 on a Mac. Do you possibly have some lingering definitions? Have you tried quitting the kernel and evaluating just these cells? $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 19:21
  • $\begingroup$ Happens to me as well... -2. s crashes the kernel. Mac 10.11.6, Mathematica 11.0.1 $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 19:23
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    $\begingroup$ We're investigating it. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 19:48
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    $\begingroup$ Workaround: turn off the Suggestions bar. $\endgroup$ Commented Feb 7, 2017 at 20:13

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This is a bug. From @ilian's comment:

Workaround: turn off the Suggestions bar.

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