A number which is simultaneously a heptagonal number 
and square number 
. Such numbers exist when
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(1)
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Completing the square and rearranging gives
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(2)
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Substituting 
and 
gives the Pell-like quadratic Diophantine equation
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(3)
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which has basic solutions 
, (13, 4), and (57, 18). Additional solutions can
be obtained from the unit Pell equation, and correspond
to integer solutions when 
, (6, 9), (49, 77), (961, 1519), ... (OEIS A046195
and A046196), corresponding to the heptagonal
square numbers 1, 81, 5929, 2307361, 168662169, 12328771225, ... (OEIS A036354).
