A number which is simultaneously a nonagonal number 
 and heptagonal number 
 and therefore satisfies the Diophantine
 equation
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(1)
 
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Completing the square and rearranging gives
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(2)
 
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Defining 
 and 
 gives the Pell-like equation
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(3)
 
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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).