Strict polynomial hierarchy and reduction The following exercise gives me headaches:


  Show: If the polynomial hierarchy is strict (i.e. $\forall k \in \mathbb{N}. \Sigma_k \neq \Sigma_{k+1}$), then there is no $\text{PH}$-complete problem for polynomial-time reductions (i.e. there is no problem $\text{P} \in \text{PH}$ such that each problem in $\text{PH}$ can be reduced to $\text{P}$ through a function $f \in \text{FP}$).


The exercise describes in detail what has to be shown, but my issue is that I don't know how to show this. Can somebody please help me?
$\newcommand{\PH}{\mathsf{PH}}$To expand the comments:

Suppose there did exist a $\PH$-Complete language $L \in \Sigma_i$ for some $i$. By definition of completeness $L' \leq L$ for all $L' \in \PH$. Therefore there exists some language $L' \in \Sigma_{i+1}$ that reduces to $L$. This is a contradiction with the strictness assumption. Indeed, we conclude that no such $\PH$-Complete language exists.