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Trying to plot a function with three variables

I'm trying to plot a function with three variables, attraction, repulsion, and epsilon, but the plot function doesn't seem to be doing what I want it to.

class Vertex:
    def __init__(self):
        self.acceleration = vector((0, 0, 0))
        self.velocity = vector((0, 0, 0))
        self.position = self._random_vector()

    def _rand(self):
        return RR.random_element(-1, 1)

    def _random_vector(self):
        return vector((self._rand(), self._rand(), self._rand()))

    def _repulsion(self, x1, x2, c_repulsion=0, c_epsilon=0.1):
        return (c_repulsion / c_epsilon + abs(x1-x2)^2)*((x1-x2)/abs(x1-x2))    

    def _attraction(self, x1, x2, c_attraction):
        return (x1-x2)*-1*c_attraction

    def iterate(self, vertices, c_repulsion=0, c_attraction=0, c_epsilon=0, c_friction=0.60):
        for v in vertices:
            if v is not self:
                self.acceleration += self._attraction(self.position, v.position, c_attraction)
                self.acceleration -= self._repulsion(self.position, v.position, c_repulsion, c_epsilon)
        self.acceleration -= (self.acceleration * c_friction)
        self.velocity += self.acceleration
        self.position += self.velocity

        return self.position

    def _distance(self, p1, p2):
        return sqrt((p1[0] + p2[0])^2 + (p1[0] + p2[0])^2 + (p1[0] + p2[0])^2)

    def distance(self, v):
        return self.distance(self.position, v.position)

    def reset(self):
        self.acceleration = vector((0, 0, 0))
        self.velocity = vector((0, 0, 0))
        self.position = random_vector()

v1 = Vertex()
v2 = Vertex()

repulsion, attraction, epsilon = var('repulsion, attraction, epsilon')
def distance(repulsion, attraction, epsilon):
    for i in range(100):
        v1.iterate(
            [v1, v2], 
            c_repulsion=repulsion, 
            c_attraction=attraction, 
            c_epsilon=epsilon
        )
    return v1.distance(v2)
plot(distance(repulsion, attraction, epsilon), 
     (repulsion, -1, 1), 
     (attraction, -1, 1),
     (epsilon, -1, 1)
    )

I'll post the code below, could someone share with me what I'm doing wrong, please? To be specific, my code doesn't produce any output whatsoever.