Problem 46594. Create a sequence of primes p such that p > n π(p)

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height: 18.5px;" width="68" height="18.5"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 24.8917px 7.875px; transform-origin: 24.8917px 7.875px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">, where <img src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEIAAAAlCAYAAAD2pT8KAAACbklEQVRoge2ZXZWDMBCFPw84wEANVEEV4KAOcFALaEACHmoBDVjoPiT3MKX8JGH5eeCewwvsZpKZe2cmU7hw4cKFc+IJZBusmwOPDdbdBBVQbLh+6W2cGhWODXvYOa0zSqDZ0V7DtsxLwh344DS8F25At7PNRTQcQ9WKfVk4iyPYMLR9O8D2D2rgfaD9lhMkzgwXkdeBe6hwuWIVclzmLQOeMfo9cI6IaXJyHKVlt6YvuXd63dv3c3iyQh6ZN/iJeMZyQOm/3SNsqzt8m7ULeompDOvbEu2VJ6JLaeYNtgODjX+0wda8m9pM7f82BXJi523a6Gf+vfY2167LEWXsBhpj9EbvBEFUC1lYjkyBDcKYBOz3JemFMOcLGd9akjzsRlrCNZfqCCXZD9MVJ9YRyf2E3Yz0L4a0gWukOkJJdooN8J1Dlm6yqxwhCdgFXsSVw1RHyM5UErZBWgrK6hIuCdhcoAQVWgUkrVTbU1EsWGaMkJws7T/bXCC6doQPVVLLZ6gsQholnSVpYCNK20RVj7x7MX+HSKnhNtpzTVqogxWMqLtOTn/g4QFEV2nySdgdoiNOn5LTWLRzenmGDnhqwpM78C2HsbI11k2GRKSK3IgOOrSvRq8jbsoVnR8sJTt+aWmZEhMROTjEaSrPYt4N54DC76kmjuI6U/QI4IE74FTJeuK8G7tw6GBGJVuylL0HaVPvhmNvvj+QtpdYoSS9+tqMc15MhdsNBU7jcxsTG+qVtnQpiynbu2LuN4eQtjoUp5xgD1Ew7gzbVq+ZMW79A9K/4k4vEU3BbEUqSaN1zkkGtSnQaG7suXDhwoXD8QfFOP66PhBRrQAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==" style="width: 33px; height: 18.5px;" width="33" height="18.5"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 40.0583px 7.875px; transform-origin: 40.0583px 7.875px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> is the prime counting function. The first three numbers in this sequence are 2, 11, and 37. For example, the second number is 11 because five primes are less than or equal to 11 (i.e., <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" style="width: 65px; height: 18.5px;" width="65" height="18.5"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 33.1333px 7.875px; transform-origin: 33.1333px 7.875px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">) and 11 &gt; <img src="data:image/png;base64,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" style="width: 62.5px; height: 18px;" width="62.5" height="18"><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 3.88333px 7.875px; transform-origin: 3.88333px 7.875px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">. </div><div style="block-size: 21px; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; margin-block-end: 9px; margin-block-start: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-inline-end: 10px; margin-inline-start: 4px; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 2px; perspective-origin: 384.5px 10.5px; text-align: left; transform-origin: 384.5px 10.5px; white-space: pre-wrap; margin-left: 4px; margin-top: 2px; margin-bottom: 9px; margin-right: 10px; "><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 64.1833px 7.875px; transform-origin: 64.1833px 7.875px; unicode-bidi: normal; ">A related problem is <a target='_blank' href = "https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/cody/problems/46117-test-approximations-of-the-prime-counting-function">Cody Problem 46117</a><span style="block-size: auto; display: inline; margin-block-end: 0px; margin-block-start: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-inline-end: 0px; margin-inline-start: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; perspective-origin: 161.808px 7.875px; transform-origin: 161.808px 7.875px; unicode-bidi: normal; "> Test approximations of the prime counting function. </div></div></div>

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