The aim of the present paper is to introduce the notion of weak reciprocal continuity and obtain fixed point theorems by employing the new notion. The new notion is a proper generalization of reciprocal continuity and is applicable to compatible mappings as well as noncompatible mappings. Our results generalize several fixed point theorems.

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We consider two simple models, called "urn models," for a general N-ball, M-urn problem. These models find applications in the study of relaxation in glassy dynamics. We obtain exact analytical results in these two cases for the average relaxation time tau to reach the ground state. In model I we also obtain the functional dependence of tau for large N, and in model II we obtain an asymptotic (N-->infinity) dependence of tau as a function of the number of urns M.

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