Communications of the
Korean Mathematical Society CKMS

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.

Keywords: essential $n$-orbit classes, Nielsen type numbers, fibre spaces