Solution

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Set
Then is entire and never takes a real value. The continuous function is nowhere zero; because is connected, it has one sign everywhere. Thus either or is a positive harmonic function. Part (i) makes it constant. The Cauchy-Riemann equations then force the real part of to be constant as well. Hence and therefore are constant.

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