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Let f: (X,A) → (X,A) be a relative map of a pair of compact polyhedra. We introduce a new relative homotopy invariant $N^{C}(f;X,A)$, which is a lower bound for the component numbers of fixed point sets of the self-maps in the relative homotopy class of f. Some properties of $N^{C}(f;X,A)$ are given, which are very similar to those of the relative Nielsen number N(f;X,A).