 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

During inflation $w\simeq-1$, so $1+3w\simeq-2$. For expansion,
$$
\Omega'\simeq-2\mathcal H\Omega(\Omega-1),
$$
and the arrows point toward $\Omega=1$. Equivalently, accelerated expansion makes the curvature contribution $|kc^2|/\mathcal H^2$ rapidly decay. A sufficiently long inflationary epoch therefore drives a broad range of initial conditions extremely close to spatial flatness.

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