Four divergence of stress energy tensor

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Hi, I'm trying to show the four divergence of the stress energy tensor of the sourceless klein gordon equation is zero. I got to the part in the solution where I am left with the equations of motion which is identically zero and 3 other terms.

I managed to find a solution online

See equation (30) to (32) in this pdf for where I am stuck

Firstly I have no idea where the factor of a half goes from (30) to (32) and secondly if it is legitimately gone for some reason, then the second and third term in (31) are equal and opposite which leaves you with just the 4th term, how does this equal to zero?

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Its fine, I got a reply on a different forum, the 1/2 should not have dissapeared, that is what was confusing me.