In an n-body model, where interactions are additive and become smaller depending on distance.
See e.g. [1].
See e.g. [1].
Take the Newtonian gravity model, if force is proportional to 1/distance^2, as distance approaches zero, the force approaches infinity.
You can simplify all points in a region as being one point for points that are far away, but that doesn't help with the infinite force problem with close points.