Why can't a non-constant analytic polynomial be real-valued?

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eileen6a
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the textbook says that:
"a non-constant analytic polynomial cannot be real-valued, for then both the partial derivative with respect to x and y would be real and the cauchyriemann equation cannot be satisfied."
why??there's no explanation in the book and this sentence is written as an example.
help.
 
Well let's see what we got:

[tex] \begin{aligned}<br /> f(z)&=P_n(z)=u(x,y)+iv(x,y) \\<br /> &=u(x,y)+i0\\<br /> &\neq k<br /> \end{aligned}[/tex]

So then:

[tex]\begin{aligned}<br /> \frac{\partial u}{\partial x}&=g(x,y) &\quad \frac{\partial u}{\partial y}&=h(x,y)\\<br /> \frac{\partial v}{\partial x}&=0 &\quad \frac{\partial v}{\partial y}&=0<br /> \end{aligned}[/tex]

. . . so if f(z) is not equal to k (a constant) . . . then what?