We investigate the singularities of the trace of the half-wave group, $mathrm{Tr} , e^{-itsqrtDelta}$, on Euclidean surfaces with conical singularities $(X,g)$. We compute the leading-order singularity associated to periodic orbits with successive de
generate diffractions. This result extends the previous work of the third author cite{Hil} and the two-dimensional case of the work of the first author and Wunsch cite{ForWun} as well as the seminal result of Duistermaat and Guillemin cite{DuiGui} in the smooth setting. As an intermediate step, we identify the wave propagators on $X$ as singular Fourier integral operators associated to intersecting Lagrangian submanifolds, originally developed by Melrose and Uhlmann cite{MelUhl}.
We consider the solution operator for the wave equation on the flat Euclidean cone over the circle of radius $rho > 0$, the manifold $mathbb{R}_+ times mathbb{R} / 2 pi rho mathbb{Z}$ equipped with the metric $g(r,theta) = dr^2 + r^2 dtheta^2$. Using
explicit representations of the solution operator in regions related to flat wave propagation and diffraction by the cone point, we prove dispersive estimates and hence scale invariant Strichartz estimates for the wave equation on flat cones. We then show that this yields corresponding inequalities on wedge domains, polygons, and Euclidean surfaces with conic singularities. This in turn yields well-posedness results for the nonlinear wave equation on such manifolds. Morawetz estimates on the cone are also treated.
We study the Schrodinger equation on a flat euclidean cone $mathbb{R}_+ times mathbb{S}^1_rho$ of cross-sectional radius $rho > 0$, developing asymptotics for the fundamental solution both in the regime near the cone point and at radial infinity. The
se asymptotic expansions remain uniform while approaching the intersection of the geometric front, the part of the solution coming from formal application of the method of images, and the diffractive front emerging from the cone tip. As an application, we prove Strichartz estimates for the Schrodinger propagator on this class of cones.
