2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/16741We consider d-dimensional systems with nonintegrable, algebraically decaying pairwise interactions. It is shown that, upon introduction of periodic boundary conditions and a long-distance cutoff in the interaction range, the bulk thermodynamics can be obtained rigorously by means of a Kac-potential treatment, leading to an exact, mean-field-like theory. This explains various numerical results recently obtained for finite systems in the context of ``nonextensive thermodynamics,'' and in passing exposes a strong regulator dependence not discussed in these studies. Our findings imply that, contrary to some claims, Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics are sufficient for a standard description of this class of nonintegrable interactions.RevTeX, 8 pages, 1 figureStatistical MechanicsA Kac-potential treatment of nonintegrable interactionstext