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From a short exact sequence of sheaves $0\to K_{j+1}\to G_j\to K_j\to 0$, the long exact sequence in sheaf cohomology gives the displayed isomorphism whenever $H^q(X,G_j)=H^{q+1}(X,G_j)=0$. Repeating it along a locally free resolution shifts a fixed group to successively higher degrees. If all relevant kernel sheaves are quasi-coherent sheaves and there is a uniform vanishing bound for their sheaf cohomology, sufficiently many shifts force the original group to vanish. The cohomological dimension bound from an affine cover supplies such a bound for a closed subscheme of projective space.

Use homogeneous coordinates $x_0,\dots ,x_r$ on projective space and letThese $r+1$ open subschemes cover $X$. Each is a closed subscheme of the affine scheme $D_{+}(x_i)$, hence is an affine scheme.

Every nonempty finite intersection is affine as well. Indeed, inside $D_{+}(x_{i_0})$ the intersection with $D_{+}(x_{i_1}),\dots ,D_{+}(x_{i_p})$ is the principal open subscheme obtained by invertingIntersecting it with the closed subscheme $X$ gives $U_{i_0}\cap \cdots \cap U_{i_p}$, again an affine scheme.

For any quasi-coherent sheaf $F$, vanishing of quasi-coherent cohomology on an affine scheme makes every such intersection acyclic for $F$. The acyclic cover theorem therefore identifies the sheaf cohomology of $F$ with the Čech cohomology of this cover. Its alternating Čech cochain complex has termswhich vanish for $p>r$: one cannot choose $p+1$ distinct indices from $r+1$ indices. ConsequentlyThe choice $N=\max \{1,r\}$ meets the strict requirement $N>0$ even when $r=0$. It is independent of $F$, and applies to all quasi-coherent sheaves, including those which are not coherent sheaves. This is the cohomological dimension bound from an affine cover.

Order the index set of the open cover $\mathcal{U}=(U_a)$. The Čech cochain groups areand their differential is the alternating sum of restrictions:Terms obtained by deleting two indices cancel in pairs, so ${\delta }^2=0$. The Čech cohomology is ${\check{H}}^p=\ker \delta /\mathrm{im}\delta$, with zero incoming differential in degree zero. Its zeroth group is the group of global sections by sheaf gluing.

The acyclic cover theorem applies if every nonempty finite intersection is acyclic for $\mathcal{F}$. For a quasi-coherent sheaf on a variety it is sufficient that every such intersection is affine; on a separated variety, any affine open cover has this property. On ${\mathbb{P}}^n$, take the $n+1$ standard charts $U_i=D_{+}(X_i)$. Every intersection is a principal open in an affine chart, hence affine. The Čech complex has no terms above degree $n$, provingThis is the cohomological dimension bound from an affine cover and requires only quasi-coherence, not finite generation.

For the remaining projective calculations assume $n\ge 1$. There is a necessary zero-dimensional exception to the negative-twist assertion: ${\mathbb{P}}^0$ is a point, every twist is trivial there, and $H^0({\mathbb{P}}^0,\mathcal{O}(m))\cong k$ even for $m<0$.

Put $S=k[X_0,\dots ,X_n]$ with its usual grading. The twisting sheaf on projective space is the sheaf associated with the shifted graded module $S(m)$; on an intersection $U_I={\bigcap }_{i\in I}{U}_i$ its sections areOn $U_i$ a generator is $e_i=X_i^m$, with transition $e_j=(X_j/X_i{)}^m{e}_i$. These are regular units on overlaps and satisfy the cocycle relation, so they glue an invertible sheaf for every integer $m$, including negative $m$.

A global section is a compatible family of these homogeneous fractions, hence a single element of degree $m$ in ${\bigcap }_i{S}_{X_i}\subseteq \mathrm{Frac}S$. For $n\ge 1$, $X_0$ and $X_1$ are relatively prime in the unique factorization domain $S$, so $S_{X_0}\cap S_{X_1}=S$; therefore the full intersection is $S$. It follows thatFor $m\ge 0$ its dimension is $\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n+m}{n}\right)$. The proof uses all-chart compatibility; regularity on one chart alone would permit poles on its complement.

If some $d_i=0$, the ideal $(X_i^{d_i})$ contains $1$, so the requested containment is immediate. Otherwise every $d_i\ge 1$. A monomial $X_0^{a_0}\cdots X_n^{a_n}$ of degree ${\sum }_i{d}_i$ must have $a_i\ge d_i$ for some $i$: if not, its total degree would be at most ${\sum }_i(d_i-1)<{\sum }_i{d}_i$. Thus every degree-${\sum }_i{d}_i$ monomial, and hence every homogeneous polynomial of that degree, belongs to $(X_0^{d_0},\dots ,X_n^{d_n})$. This is monomial containment in an ideal of coordinate powers.

For $n>0$, a top-degree Čech cochain for $\mathcal{O}$ is a degree-zero Laurent polynomial on the full intersection. Write it with a common denominator asThe containment just proved gives $P={\sum }_i{Q}_i{X}_i^{d_i}$, with homogeneous $Q_i$ of degree ${\sum }_j{d}_j-d_i$. ConsequentlyThe $i$th term is regular on the intersection omitting $U_i$, and has degree zero. Give it the sign $(-1{)}^i$ in that component of the preceding Čech cochain. Its coboundary is the original fraction. Every top cochain is thus a coboundary, andThis is top Čech cohomology from missing-denominator monomials.

To obtain the negative-twist bound by induction on dimension, let $H\cong {\mathbb{P}}^{n-1}$ be a hyperplane, with inclusion $j$. Its equation gives the hyperplane exact sequence for twisting sheavesThe associated long exact sequence in sheaf cohomology and sheaf cohomology under a closed inclusion giveFor $n=1$, restriction $H^0({\mathbb{P}}^1,\mathcal{O})\to H^0(H,{\mathcal{O}}_H)$ is the surjection $k\to k$. Exactness and the already proved $H^1({\mathbb{P}}^1,\mathcal{O})=0$ give $H^1({\mathbb{P}}^1,\mathcal{O}(-1))=0$. The displayed surjections then give the same vanishing for every $m\ge 0$. This handles the point hyperplane without making a false negative-twist claim on ${\mathbb{P}}^0$.

For $n\ge 2$, the induction hypothesis in dimension $n-1$ gives $H^{n-1}(H,{\mathcal{O}}_H(m))=0$ whenever $m\ge -(n-1)$. Therefore consecutive top-degree groups are isomorphic for $m\ge 1-n$. Starting with $H^n({\mathbb{P}}^n,\mathcal{O})=0$ and stepping down through $m=0,-1,\dots ,1-n$ reaches $H^n({\mathbb{P}}^n,\mathcal{O}(-n))=0$. Stepping upward proves all positive twists too. We concludeThis is top-twist vanishing by hyperplane induction.

Finally, on $U_0$ write $x_a=X_a/X_0$ and ${\omega }_0=d{x}_1\wedge \cdots \wedge d{x}_n$. On $U_i$, let ${\omega }_i$ be the wedge of $d(X_a/X_i)$ for $a\ne i$, taken in increasing index order. For $i>0$, differentiating $X_0/X_i=x_i^{-1}$ and $X_a/X_i=x_a/x_i$ givesIn the wedge, all terms involving a second copy of $d{x}_i$ disappear; the surviving powers are $x_i^{-2}$ from $d(x_i^{-1})$ and $x_i^{-1}$ from the other $n-1$ differentials. Moving $d{x}_i$ into its original position produces the stated sign. Rescale each local generator by ${\eta }_i=(-1{)}^i{\omega }_i$. Then ${\eta }_j=(X_j/X_i{)}^{-n-1}{\eta }_i$ on every overlap, exactly the transition of the twist with $m=-n-1$. This canonical-form transition on projective space proves the canonical bundle of projective space:For line bundles the Serre duality pairing becomesIn particular $H^n(\mathcal{O}(-r))$ is dual to $H^0(\mathcal{O}(r-n-1))$, which is zero for $r\le n$, precisely the independently obtained bound. The case $r=0$ recovers $H^n(\mathcal{O})=0$, and $H^n(\mathcal{O}(-n-1))\cong k$ matches $H^0(\mathcal{O})\cong k$. Thus the calculated transition functions, global sections and top-degree vanishing agree with Serre duality.

Choose a finite affine cover $\mathcal{U}=(U_j)$ of the Noetherian scheme $X$. Because $X$ is separated, every finite intersection $U_J$ is affine. Its inverse image $V_J=Z\cap U_J$ under the closed immersion is also affine. By the definition of the direct image sheaf,The Čech complexes for $i_{\ast }\mathcal{F}$ on $\mathcal{U}$ and for $\mathcal{F}$ on the induced cover $(Z\cap U_j)$ are therefore identical, including their restriction maps. Both affine covers are acyclic for the relevant quasi-coherent sheaves, so the acyclic cover theorem givesfor every $q$. This is cohomology under a closed immersion.

For $X={\mathbb{P}}_k^n$, use its $n+1$ standard affine opens. The induced cover of $Z$ is still acyclic, and its Čech complex has no cochains in degrees greater than $n$. The cohomological dimension bound from an affine cover therefore yields