• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.361-369
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• 2013

We introduce a Nielsen type number of a fibre preserving map, and show that it is a lower bound for the number of $n$-orbits in the homotopy class. Under suitable conditions we show that it is equal to the Nielsen type relative essential $n$-orbit number. We also give necessary and sufficient conditions for it and the essential $n$-orbit number to coincide.