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Modified smooth coulomb potential function plotted for various values of λ. As the value of λ becomes closer to 1, the potential will tend to the normal Coulomb potential behavior. For any other value, the energy value will be finite at inter bead spacing of zero. (The inset diagram shows a zoomed in variation of the modified coulomb potential.)
