A number which is simultaneously a heptagonal number and square number
. Such numbers exist when
| (1) |
Completing the square and rearranging gives
| (2) |
Substituting and
gives the Pell-like quadratic Diophantine equation
| (3) |
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).