Totient function and Euler's Theorem

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Given $\big(m, n\big) = 1$, Prove that

$$m^{\varphi(n)} + n^{\varphi(m)} \equiv 1 \pmod{mn}$$

I have tried saying

$$\text{let }(a, mn) = 1$$

$$a^{\varphi(mn)} \equiv 1 \pmod{mn}$$

$$a^{\varphi(m)\varphi(n)} \equiv 1 \pmod{mn}$$

$$(a^{\varphi(m)})^{\varphi(n)} \equiv 1 \pmod{mn}$$

but I can't see where to go from here. I'm trying to somehow split the $a^{\varphi(mn)}$ into an addition so I can turn it into $m^{\varphi(n)} + n^{\varphi(m)} \equiv 1 \pmod{mn}$.

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Hint What is $m^{\varphi(n)} + n^{\varphi(m)} \pmod{m}$? What about $\pmod n$?

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Hint $\ $ If $\rm\,(m,n)=1\,$ then $\rm\ x \equiv a m^{\varphi(n)}\!\! + b n^{\varphi(m)}\,\ (mod\ mn)\iff \begin{eqnarray} x\equiv a&&\rm (mod\ n)\\ \rm x\equiv b&&\rm (mod\ m)\end{eqnarray}$

Yours is the special constant case of CRT: $\rm\:a = b\ (= 1),\:$ so $\rm\:mn\mid x\!-\!a\iff m,n\mid x\!-\!a$