Semicircular pulse under cubic diffusion ($L\propto t^{1/4},H\propto t^{-1/4}$)

The source-type similarity solution of $h_t=D(h^2{h}_x{)}_x$ with whole-line conserved area $\mathcal{V}$ is $h=H(t)[1-x^2/L(t{)}^2{]}_{+}^{1/2}$, where $L=2(\mathcal{V}/\pi {)}^{1/2}(Dt{)}^{1/4}$ and $H=(\mathcal{V}/\pi {)}^{1/2}(Dt{)}^{-1/4}$. Its volume flux vanishes at the finite front, while the velocity tends to $\dot{L}=L/(4t)$. A reflecting half-line uses twice its prescribed area in these formulas.