TuttePolynomial is similarly affected.
TuttePolynomial
TuttePolynomial[GridGraph[{7, 7}], {x, y}] works.
TuttePolynomial[GridGraph[{7, 7}], {x, y}]
TuttePolynomial[GridGraph[{7, 8}], {x, y}] does not.
TuttePolynomial[GridGraph[{7, 8}], {x, y}]
It doesn't work on mathematica 12 in my computer either. So I try it on maple 2019, and work it out.
restart: with(GraphTheory): with(SpecialGraphs): G := GridGraph(7, 8): DrawGraph(G); expand(ChromaticPolynomia
Is it a setup problem? May be bug. If you find a solution, Could you share it. It is strange.
BTW what are you trying to do with the chromatic polynomial?
So it's not expected behavior that a computation just suddenly quits when it runs into some kind of resource limit?
No. This is most certainly a bug.
The same thing happens on Wolfram Alpha, so I thought that it might not be Mac-specific.
When I try it on 12.0.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (April 7, 2019) the kernel just dies. Looks like a bug. You should report it.
12.0.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (April 7, 2019)