This post is wrong. The derivation for force density is wrong. Please refer to following post "Opps! Lucky Me".
Consider this,
ψ=EVol=3E4πr3
where E is the energy at a point r from a particle, ie E(r). Energy density at r is thus consider to be E redistributed in a sphere of radius r centered at the particle.
The force density as a result of changing ψ along r, the radial line is,
Fv=dψdr=−33E4πr4+34πr3dEdr=−9E4πr4+34πr3dEdr
The total force in such a sphere is,
F=Fv.Vol
and so the total flux emanating through the surface area of this sphere is,
ϕtotal=FArea=Fv.Vol.1Area
ϕtotal=−9E4πr4.43πr3.14πr2+34πr3dEdr.43πr3.14πr2
And so the Newtonian force, total flux per unit area is,
F=ϕA=ϕtotal1Area=(−3E4πr3+dEdr.14πr2)14πr2
F=(−3E4πr4+dEdr.14πr3)14πr
which is actually,
F=14πr.ddr{E4πr3}=112πr.ddr{3E4πr3}
F=112πr.dψdr
So, the Newtonian force at point r is the change of energy density along the radius at r, per perimeter of an enclosing circle passing through r, centered at the particle, with a factor of 16.
But we know that F follows Coulomb's inverse square law, ie
F∝1r2
so
dψdr=Dr
where D is an arbitrary constant,
Integration both sides,
ψ=D.ln(r)+C
It is likely that,
ψ=C−D.ln(r+ro)
for positive ψ, such that
ψo=C−Dln(ro) when r=0
so that ψ is not infinite at r=0.
And at r=re,
ψ=0=C−D.ln(re+ro)
so that ψ is bounded between r=0 and r=re. An illustrative plot is made below,
The gradient of ψ is such that F obeys the inverse square law.
The likelihood that ψ does not extend to infinity but instead ends abruptly at r=re, suggests that F might not obey the inverse square law when r<re. For r>re, we know that the flux emanating from a sphere with radius re, bounding ψ, is a constant, as such F beyond re obeys the inverse square law. These two points taken together, we might have a near field and far field phenomenon.
Note: A density value at a point of distance r from a center O, is dealt with, first by letting the value fills a sphere of radius r centered at O (ie. multiplied by the total volume of the sphere). Then the total value bounded by the volume of this sphere is redistributed onto the surface area of the sphere on a infinitely thin shell (the first division by area 4πr2). At this point the analysis has moved from a point at r to values on the surface of a sphere of radius r, centered at O. We then calculate the value per unit area on the surface (the second division by area 4πr2.