Obstructions for automorphic quasiregular maps and Latt\`es-type uniformly quasiregular maps

Abstract

Suppose that $M$ is a closed, connected, and oriented Riemannian $n$-manifold, $f \colon \mathbb{R}^n \to M$ is a quasiregular map automorphic under a discrete group $\Gamma$ of Euclidean isometries, and $f$ has finite multiplicity in a fundamental cell of $\Gamma$. We show that if $\Gamma$ has a sufficiently large translation subgroup $\Gamma_T$, then $\dim \Gamma \in \{0, n-1, n\}$. If $f$ is strongly automorphic and induces a non-injective Latt\`es-type uniformly quasiregular map, then the same holds without the assumption on the size of $\Gamma_T$. Moreover, an even stronger restriction holds in the Latt\`es case if $M$ is not a rational cohomology sphere.