 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

For a spatially homogeneous canonical <scalar field>, spatial derivatives vanish. Reading the time and spatial components of its <energy-momentum tensor> in the comoving frame gives
$$
\boxed{\rho_\phi=\frac12\dot\phi^2+V(\phi)},
\qquad
\boxed{P_\phi=\frac12\dot\phi^2-V(\phi)}.
$$
Thus the kinetic term contributes equally to <energy density> and pressure, whereas the <scalar potential> contributes negative pressure.

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