%0 Journal Article %T Commensurator Subgroups of Surface Groups %A OCAMPO URIBE %A OSCAR EDUARDO %J Revista Colombiana de Matem¨¢ticas %D 2010 %I Universidad Nacional de Colombia and Sociedad Colombiana de Matem¨¢ticas %X let m be a surface, and let h be a subgroup of ¦Ð1m. in this paper we study the commensurator subgroup c\\pi_1m(h) of ¦Ð1m, and we extend a result of l. paris and d. rolfsen [7], when h is a geometric subgroup of ¦Ð1m. we also give an application of commensurator subgroups to group representation theory. finally, by considering certain closed curves on the klein bottle, we apply a classification of these curves to self-intersection nielsen theory. %K commensurator %K fundamental group %K surface. %U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-74262010000100001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en