Matlab hang on "busy" when using syms function

Matlab hang on "busy" when using syms function, whether in Command Windows or in Script.

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[Héctor M. Feliciano Rivera]

Same problem here with other user, years ago:

https://la.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/279949-sym-and-syms-matlab-2015b-mac-show-busy

Answer 1

[Héctor M. Feliciano Rivera]

Talked with customer support. There is currently an bug report on this: https://www.mathworks.com/support/bugreports/1755918

They provided me with a new mupkernel.dll file that resolve this issue.

[Joerg Buchholz]

Problem solved:

https://de.mathworks.com/downloads/web_downloads/download_update?release=R2018a&s_tid=ebrg_R2018a_1_1755918

[MD HOSSAIN]

Fixed the problem

Thanks