A number which is simultaneously a nonagonal number and heptagonal number and therefore satisfies the Diophantine equation
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Completing the square and rearranging gives
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Defining and gives the Pell-like equation
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The first integral solutions in and are , (88, 104), (12445, 14725), (1767052, 2090804), ... (OEIS A048919 and A048920), giving the nonagonal heptagonal numbers 1, 26884, 542041975, 10928650279834, ... (OEIS A048921).