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Number theory Difficulty 5.0 AIME, harder Prove it United Kingdom

For $n \geq 2$ , let $P(n)$ denote the largest prime factor of $n$ . Find all positive integers $n$ such that $P(n^2 + 2n + 1) = P(n^2 + 9n + 14)$ .

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