The markets arent efficient without enough participants. This is why the price of gasoline only fluctuates cents between competitors, but vehicle prices fluctua

The markets arent efficient without enough participants. This is why the price of gasoline only fluctuates cents between competitors, but vehicle prices fluctuate thousands. It's a very simple concept that you aren't seeing. The market for solving math problems is tiny compared to selling/ running algos for trading. You solve a pure math problem you might get accolades from some professors.