How Do I Calculate Electric Potential at the Location of a Point Charge?

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Homework Statement


What should I do when I calculate the potential of point charges at the point of one of the point charges?

Homework Equations


The definition of a potential from point charges are:
\phi(\textbf{r}) = (4\pi \epsilon_0)^{-1}\sum_{i}[q_i |\textbf{r}-\textbf{r}_{q_i}|^{-1}] + C

The Attempt at a Solution


Setting q_i |\textbf{r}-\textbf{r}_{q_i}|^{-1}=0 when \textbf{r}-\textbf{r}_{q_i}=\textbf{0}. Haven't seen this anywhere in the lecture material though, but I am guessing that is what one should do. If so, what is the "real" definition of the potential?
 
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The potential diverges as the location of the point charges. It's not defined there.
 
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