running simple mathjs example: “Uncaught TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string“

Question

I’m very new to node.js, and am just trying to learn the basics. I’m using the play.js IDE on my iPad and want to try some simple math-related javascript. I have successfully used jStat functions within the IDE, so I know that I can get it to work.

I’d like to use mathjs, so I’ve resolved the dependency in my test project, and my package.json now looks like this:

{
  "name": "test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "dependencies": {
    "jstat": "^1.9.3",
    "mathjs": "^7.2.0"
  }
}

The files all appear to be installed under the node_modules directory.

In my index.js, I just have the following example code straight from the mathjs help:

const { sqrt } = require('mathjs')

However, when I run this, I get the following error:

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot convert a Symbol value to a string
    at Array.join (<anonymous>)
    at Array.toString (<anonymous>)
    at Array.join (<anonymous>)
    at Array.toString (<anonymous>)
    at Array.join (<anonymous>)
    at Array.toString (<anonymous>)
    at mixkey (/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/8FF30C6F-8C40-4A4C-BA59-869F18430F8D/Documents/apps/TEST3FB8CAB9-FC43-4D65-9554-11E37599A1BB/src/node_modules/seed-random/index.js:135:25)
    at module.exports (/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/8FF30C6F-8C40-4A4C-BA59-869F18430F8D/Documents/apps/TEST3FB8CAB9-FC43-4D65-9554-11E37599A1BB/src/node_modules/seed-random/index.js:35:19)
    at /private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/8FF30C6F-8C40-4A4C-BA59-869F18430F8D/Documents/apps/TEST3FB8CAB9-FC43-4D65-9554-11E37599A1BB/src/node_modules/mathjs/lib/function/probability/util/seededRNG.js:18:65

If it helps, that line in lib/function/probability/util/seededRNG.js looks like this:

var singletonRandom = /* #__PURE__ */(0, _seedRandom["default"])();

Am I doing something obviously wrong? Is there something I need to read to understand why this won’t run, or is this an issue with mathjs?