Viscosity method for homogenization of highly oscillating obstacles Luis CaffarelliK.B. Lee 35R3535J60homogenizationsperforated domaincorrectorviscosity solutionfully nonlinear equationsremovable singularity In this paper, we develop a viscosity method for the obstacle problem for highly oscillating obstacles. The least viscosity super solutions $u_{\epsilon}$ of Laplace equation above highly oscillating obstacles are considered. For simplicity, we consider obstacles that are consisted of cylindrical columns distributed periodically. If the decay rate of the capacity of columns is too high or too small, the limit of $u_{\epsilon}$ ends up with trivial solutions. The critical decay rates of having nontrivial solution are obtained with construction of barriers. We also show the limit of $u_{\epsilon}$ satisfies a homogenized equation with a term showing the effect of the highly oscillating obstacles in viscosity sense. This method can be extended to a fully nonlinear elliptic equation $F(D^2u)$ homogenous with degree one with the study of a capacity potential and of a point singularity of the given nonlinear equation. Indiana University Mathematics Journal 2008 text pdf 10.1512/iumj.2008.57.3261 10.1512/iumj.2008.57.3261 en Indiana Univ. Math. J. 57 (2008) 1715 - 1742 state-of-the-art mathematics http://iumj.org/access/