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The complex tautological line bundle is a holomorphic subbundle of the trivial bundle with fibre ${\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}$. A global holomorphic section therefore gives $n+1$ global holomorphic functions on compact connected Complex projective space. The maximum modulus principle makes them constant. The constant vector must lie in every projective line through the origin, whose intersection is zero for $n\ge 1$. For $n=0$, the base is one point and the section space is instead $\mathbb{C}$.

In complex dimension at least two, a holomorphic function on a punctured coordinate ball extends holomorphically through its centre. Componentwise extension in a holomorphic local frame gives the same statement for holomorphic sections. This preserves global sections after removing finitely many points, but does not imply preservation of higher sheaf cohomology. This analytic theorem differs from the set-theoretic Hartogs theorem.

The dual of the holomorphic tangent bundle is a holomorphic vector bundle with local frames $d{z}^1,\dots ,d{z}^n$. Coordinate changes have holomorphic invertible Jacobian matrices, so these frames have holomorphic transition functions. Its holomorphic sections are exactly the holomorphic one-forms.

For analytic holomorphic sections, the two-chart Čech cohomology uses convergent Laurent series, rather than only Laurent polynomials. A frame on the infinity chart equals $z^n$ times a finite-chart frame. Entire finite-chart functions remove Laurent powers $k\ge 0$, and infinity-chart functions remove powers $k\le n$. The positive and negative tails converge to entire chart functions, so only the finite gap $n<k<0$ remains. Thus the first cohomology has basis $z^{n+1},\dots ,z^{-1}$ when $n\le -2$ and is zero when $n\ge -1$. The same transition relation gives global sections of dimension $\max (n+1,0)$.

In a local parallel orthonormal frame a holomorphic section has holomorphic coefficients $f_j$. Its squared norm satisfies ${\partial }_z{\partial }_{\bar{z}}{\sum }_j|f_j{|}^2={\sum }_j|f_j^{\prime }{|}^2\ge 0$. On a compact connected complex curve, integration of the Laplacian makes the right side zero. Thus every coefficient is locally constant and the section is parallel. A global parallel section is determined by a vector fixed by all monodromy operators, and every such vector gives a global section.

For a holomorphically trivial vector bundle, choose a global holomorphic bundle frame. Let the columns of $H_{\alpha }$ be the coordinates of that frame in the prescribed frame over $U_{\alpha }$. If fiber coordinates transform as $s_{\beta }=F_{\alpha \beta }{s}_{\alpha }$, then $H_{\beta }=F_{\alpha \beta }{H}_{\alpha }$. Each matrix is holomorphic and invertible, giving the displayed splitting. Conversely such matrices give agreeing global holomorphic sections forming a frame. Topological triviality alone does not supply this conclusion.

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Let $X$ be a nonempty positive-dimensional compact complex submanifold of Complex projective space. On a positive-dimensional connected component choose a hyperplane meeting, but not containing, that component. Its linear equation gives a holomorphic section of ${\mathcal{O}}_X(1)$ with a zero and with a nonzero value. For $m>0$, its $m$th power cannot be a section of a trivial holomorphic line bundle, since such sections are constant on the compact connected component. Negative powers are also nontrivial by duality. Every positive-dimensional compact projective component meets every hyperplane: otherwise its affine coordinate functions would all be constant.

At a point $[X]\in {\mathbf{P}}^n$, the complex tautological line bundle has fiber $\mathbb{C}X\subseteq {\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}$. The hyperplane line bundle is its dual, $[H]=\mathcal{O}(1)$, and $\mathcal{O}(m)=\mathcal{O}(1{)}^{\otimes m}$. On $U_i=\{X_i\ne 0\}$ let $t_i=X/X_i$ be the tautological frame and $e_i$ its dual. On overlaps $e_j=(X_j/X_i)e_i$. The sheaf of holomorphic sections of a vector bundle of this dual bundle is the sheaf ${\mathcal{O}}_{{\mathbf{P}}^n}(1)$.

If a nonzero linear form $\ell$ cuts out the projective hyperplane $H$, it gives a holomorphic section $s_H$ of $\mathcal{O}(1)$ with a simple zero along $H$. Dividing a local section $s$ by $s_H$ gives a meromorphic function with no poles away from $H$ and at most a simple pole on $H$. Conversely multiplication by $s_H$ turns such a function into a holomorphic section. These mutually inverse local constructions agree on overlaps and prove the holomorphic line bundle associated to a divisor identification

The nonnegative hyperplane twist cohomology by restriction calculation givesTo derive it from the permitted vanishing, use the hyperplane exact sequence for twisting sheaveswhere $i:H\hookrightarrow {\mathbf{P}}^n$ and $H\cong {\mathbf{P}}^{n-1}$. Local multiplication by a defining equation is injective, and restriction gives exactly its cokernel. Induct on $n$, starting from a point, and then on $m$. For $m=0$, higher sheaf cohomology vanishes by assumption and global holomorphic functions are constant by compactness and the maximum principle. For $m>0$, the long exact sequence in sheaf cohomology, the inductive vanishing for $\mathcal{O}(m-1)$ and the dimension induction on $H$ give vanishing in every positive degree andSumming this recurrence gives $\left(\genfrac{}{}{0ex}{}{n+m}{n}\right)$. Homogeneous degree-$m$ monomials give that many independent sections, so they form a basis. The printed extra equality to zero cannot hold in degree zero, already because $h^0({\mathbf{P}}^n,\mathcal{O})=1$; the boxed calculation gives the intended dimensions.

For the differential of the projective quotient map, the differential of a smooth map is computed by applying a tangent vector to coordinate functions. Since $x_j=X_j/X_0$,ThusUnder replacing $X$ by $\lambda X$, $d\pi$ on a constant ambient tangent vector scales by ${\lambda }^{-1}$, while a homogeneous linear form $L$ scales by $\lambda$. Therefore $d{\pi }_X(L(X){\partial }_{X_j})$ is independent of the representative. Its chart coefficients are holomorphic, so it is a global holomorphic vector field. The radial Euler vector field lies in the kernel of $d\pi$, either from the same formulas or because it differentiates a scaling orbit. Hence

Describe the Euler sequence on complex projective space fiberwise as well as in coordinates. At a line $\ell =\mathbb{C}X$, the middle bundle has fiber $\mathrm{Hom}(\ell ,{\mathbb{C}}^{n+1})$ and the holomorphic tangent bundle has fiber $\mathrm{Hom}(\ell ,{\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}/\ell )$. Send a homomorphism to its composition with the quotient. The map from $\mathcal{O}$ sends a scalar to that scalar times the inclusion $\ell \hookrightarrow {\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}$. In homogeneous notation these maps areA local section of $\mathcal{O}(1)$ is a local degree-one homogeneous function on the punctured cone, so the second expression is representative-independent. Quotienting is surjective, and its kernel consists exactly of scalar inclusion maps. This proves the short exact sequence of locally free sheavesSince it is locally split, dualizing and tensoring by $\mathcal{O}(1)$ preserves exactness and gives the cotangent Euler sequence in homogeneous coordinatesOn global sections the last map identifies ${\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}$ with the basis of linear forms in $H^0(\mathcal{O}(1))$. Its kernel is zero. This proves the vanishing of global sections of the once-twisted projective cotangent bundle; left exactness gives $\boxed{h^0({\mathbf{P}}^n,{\Omega }^1(1))=0}$.

Let $\rho :{\pi }_1(X)\to U(V)$ be the unitary representation. The associated unitary flat holomorphic vector bundle iswhere deck transformations act on the first factor and $\rho$ acts on the second. Local lifts to the universal cover give holomorphic orthonormal frames with locally constant unitary transition matrices. The induced Hermitian metric is therefore well defined, and the induced flat unitary connection is its Chern connection.

Let $s$ be a global holomorphic section. In one of these parallel orthonormal frames write $s=(f_1,\dots ,f_r)$, where every $f_j$ is holomorphic. Its squared norm $u=|s{|}^2={\sum }_j|f_j{|}^2$ is a globally defined smooth function because the transition matrices are unitary. In a local complex coordinate,Choose any smooth conformal metric on the curve, locally $\kappa (z)|dz{|}^2$. Its Laplacian satisfiesOn the compact curve without boundary, Stokes theorem gives ${\int }_X\Delta ud\mathrm{vol}=0$. A continuous nonnegative function with zero integral vanishes everywhere, so each $f_j^{\prime }=0$. Thus the section is locally constant in every parallel frame and is globally parallel. This proves that holomorphic sections of a unitary flat bundle are parallel.

A parallel section is determined by its value $v$ at a chosen base point. Following it around a loop returns the value $\rho (\gamma )v$, so a global parallel section exists exactly when $\rho (\gamma )v=v$ for every $\gamma \in {\pi }_1(X)$. Conversely, such a fixed vector gives the constant equivariant section on $\tilde{X}$, which descends holomorphically. Evaluation and this construction are inverse linear maps, giving the canonical identificationUnitarity is what makes the local squared norms glue and the integrated nonnegative identity available; no assumption that the universal cover is compact is made.

On complexified Minkowski spacetime, use the twistor incidence relationThe harmless factor $i$ is a conventional choice; omitting it corresponds to rescaling the complexified coordinates. For fixed $x$, projectivizing the nonzero two-component spinors $\pi$ gives a twistor line $L_x\simeq {\mathbb{CP}}^1$. The two stated patches cover all these incidence lines; they describe the affine-space-time twistor domain with the line $\pi =0$ removed from full projective twistor space.

Since $E{|}_{L_x}$ is holomorphically trivial, choose a global bundle frame on that line. Comparing its columns with the bundle frames in the two patch trivializations gives invertible matrices $H(x,\pi )$ and $\tilde{H}(x,\pi )$, holomorphic on their respective patches, withThis is the holomorphic splitting of a twistor patching matrix. It follows directly from existence of the global bundle frame, rather than from an arbitrary factorization of an arbitrary matrix: nontrivial line bundles would obstruct such a nonsingular splitting.

The factors can be chosen holomorphically in $x$ near any given $x_0$. An explicit local argument is useful. Normalize the known splitting at $x_0$ and set $Q(x,\lambda )=\tilde{H}(x_0,\lambda {)}^{-1}F(x,\lambda )H(x_0,\lambda )$ on a fixed circular contour in the overlap. It is close to the identity when $x$ is close to $x_0$. Let $P_{+}$ select strictly positive Laurent powers, and seek $q=1+$ positive powers satisfyingIn a holomorphic contour-function norm the operator has norm below one for sufficiently small variation, so its Neumann series converges and is holomorphic in $x$. Then $Qq=\tilde{q}$ has only nonpositive powers and is holomorphic on the exterior patch including infinity. Both factors are close to the identity and invertible. They extend over their full patches through $Q$ and its inverse. Taking $H=H(x_0)q$ and $\tilde{H}=\tilde{H}(x_0)\tilde{q}$ gives the required local family. This is also the elementary Laurent series reason that $H^1({\mathbb{CP}}^1,\mathcal{O})=0$ leaves no infinitesimal obstruction.

Raise primed two-component spinor indices with the antisymmetric two-component spinor form and define $V_A={\pi }^{A^{\prime }}{\partial }_{A{A}^{\prime }}$, holding $\pi$ fixed. Incidence givesThus $V_{A}F=0$ for a pulled-back function depending only on twistor coordinates. Differentiating the splitting and multiplying by the inverse factors givesThe left expression is holomorphic on one two-component spinor patch, the right on the other, and each is homogeneous of degree one in $\pi$. They therefore glue to a global matrix-valued section of $\mathcal{O}(1)$ on the line.

Such a section is linear in its homogeneous coordinates. To see this explicitly, set $\lambda ={\pi }_{0^{\prime }}/{\pi }_{1^{\prime }}$ on $U$. The normalized expression is an entire matrix function of $\lambda$; on the other patch its quotient by $\lambda$ is holomorphic at infinity. Hence it has at most linear growth. Cauchy estimates force all its derivatives of order at least two to vanish. Entry by entry it is $a_A(x)+\lambda b_A(x)$, or invariantlyThe coefficients are holomorphic in $x$. This proves existence of the desired space-time one-form, with no remaining dependence on $\pi$ in its coefficients.

A second splitting must differ by right multiplication $H\mapsto Hg(x)$ and $\tilde{H}\mapsto \tilde{H}g(x)$. Indeed the comparison matrix is holomorphic on both patches of a compact complex projective line and therefore constant along the line. The resulting transformation isthe gauge connection transformation law. Local coefficient matrices consequently glue to a holomorphic gauge connection on the bundle whose fiber at $x$ is the space of holomorphic sections of $E{|}_{L_x}$. If a single global matrix-valued one-form is wanted on all $M_{\mathbb{C}}\simeq {\mathbb{C}}^4$, choose a basis at the origin and parallel-transport it along the straight radial paths to each $x$. Linear transport exists on every finite path and varies holomorphically with $x$; this gives a global holomorphic bundle frame. The assertion does not require flat connection in all four directions, only a fixed choice of paths for a trivialization. On more general space-time domains the intrinsic object is a gauge connection with these gauge-related local one-forms.

Finally put $D_{A{A}^{\prime }}={\partial }_{A{A}^{\prime }}+{\Phi }_{A{A}^{\prime }}$ and ${\mathcal{D}}_A(\pi )={\pi }^{A^{\prime }}{D}_{A{A}^{\prime }}$. From the defining identity,Thus the columns of $H^{-1}$ are an invertible parallel bundle frame in the two alpha-plane directions. Their matrix commutator must annihilate that bundle frame, soUse the spinor decomposition of gauge curvaturewhere both gauge curvature two-component spinors are symmetric. The second term vanishes under contraction with ${\pi }^{A^{\prime }}{\pi }^{B^{\prime }}$. The first is a quadratic polynomial in the two two-component spinor components; vanishing for every two-component spinor forces each of its coefficients to vanish. Thereforewhich is precisely the ASDYM equation in the convention where the primed symmetric two-component spinor is the self-dual part. Equivalently, the gauge connection is flat when restricted to every alpha-plane. This completes the forward Penrose-Ward correspondence, including both the existence of the gauge connection and its anti-self-duality of gauge curvature.

On a complex manifold, holomorphic coordinates give the decomposition $d=\partial +\bar{\partial }$, withFor $\alpha ={\sum }_{I,J}{a}_{I\bar{J}}d{z}^I\wedge d{\bar{z}}^J$, the conjugate Dolbeault operator $\partial$ and the Dolbeault operator $\bar{\partial }$ are explicitlyThese are the type components of the intrinsic exterior derivative, so are independent of coordinates. The identity $d^2=0$, separated by type, gives ${\partial }^2={\bar{\partial }}^2=0$ and $\partial \bar{\partial }+\bar{\partial }\partial =0$. A holomorphic p-form on a complex manifold is a $(p,0)$-form whose coefficients are holomorphic functions; equivalently it is a $(p,0)$-form killed by the Dolbeault operator.

A rank-$r$ holomorphic vector bundle has local trivializations $E{|}_{U_i}\cong U_i\times {\mathbb{C}}^r$ whose changes are $(x,v)\mapsto (x,g_{ij}(x)v)$, with $g_{ij}:U_i\cap U_j\to {\mathrm{GL}}_r(\mathbb{C})$ holomorphic. These transition functions of a vector bundle satisfy $g_{ii}=I$ and $g_{ij}{g}_{jk}=g_{ik}$. Equivalently, for local frames we use the convention $e_j=e_i{g}_{ij}$. A holomorphic section is a section having holomorphic coordinate functions in every such holomorphic local frame; the condition is unchanged by the holomorphic invertible transitions.

The holomorphic cotangent bundle has local frames $d{z}^1,\dots ,d{z}^n$. Under another holomorphic coordinate system $w$, the chain rule givesThe Jacobian matrix is holomorphic and invertible, with holomorphic inverse supplied by the inverse coordinate change. These are precisely holomorphic bundle transitions. A section written as ${\sum }_b{f}_b(z)d{z}^b$ is holomorphic exactly when every $f_b$ is holomorphic, sothe space of holomorphic one-forms. In particular, being a holomorphic section is not the same as being a $d$-closed one-form on an arbitrary complex manifold.

The complex tautological line bundle isOn $U_i=\{Z_i\ne 0\}$ use the nowhere-zero frame $s_i([Z])=Z/Z_i$. Its components are holomorphic affine coordinates and the constant one in position $i$. On overlapsso the frame changes are nowhere-zero holomorphic functions. This proves that $\mathcal{O}(-1)$ is a holomorphic line bundle, and its inclusion into the trivial bundle is a holomorphic bundle map.

A global holomorphic section composed with that inclusion has $n+1$ component holomorphic functions on compact connected Complex projective space. Each is constant: its absolute value attains a maximum; in a coordinate ball the one-variable maximum modulus principle along complex lines makes it locally constant, and connectedness propagates that constant globally. Thus the section is a fixed vector $v\in {\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}$ lying in every fibre, namely every line $\mathbb{C}Z$. For $n\ge 1$ the intersection of all these lines is zero. HenceThe positive-dimension convention is necessary: ${\mathbb{CP}}^0$ is one point and this section space is $\mathbb{C}$.

Let $[Z_0:Z_1]$ be homogeneous coordinates on the complex projective line. The complex tautological line bundle $\mathcal{O}(-1)$ has fibre the line $\mathbb{C}(Z_0,Z_1)\subset {\mathbb{C}}^2$ over that point. Its dual is the hyperplane line bundle $\mathcal{O}(1)$. Define the tensor powers of the hyperplane line bundle by $\mathcal{O}(n)=\mathcal{O}(1{)}^{\otimes n}$ for $n>0$, the trivial line bundle for $n=0$, and the appropriate power of $\mathcal{O}(-1)$ for $n<0$.

An explicit holomorphic line bundle construction uses the two charts $U_0=\{Z_0\ne 0\}$ and $U_{\infty }=\{Z_1\ne 0\}$ with coordinates $z=Z_1/Z_0$ and $w=Z_0/Z_1=1/z$. Choose holomorphic local frames related on the overlap byThis is consistent with the tautological frames $(1,z)$ and $(w,1)=z^{-1}(1,z)$ for $\mathcal{O}(-1)$. A holomorphic section of $\mathcal{O}(n)$ is represented by entire chart functions satisfyingExpand $f_0(z)={\sum }_{k\ge 0}{a}_k{z}^k$. Holomorphicity of $f_{\infty }$ at $w=0$ requires every power $w^{n-k}$ with $n-k<0$ to vanish. Thus for $n\ge 0$, $f_0$ is exactly a polynomial of degree at most $n$. Conversely every such polynomial gives an entire $f_{\infty }$. Its coefficients supply the explicit isomorphismEquivalently, the global holomorphic sections are the homogeneous polynomials ${\sum }_{k=0}^n{a}_k{Z}_0^{n-k}{Z}_1^k$. For $n<0$, the same chart argument gives no nonzero global section.

For the first cohomology, use the sheaf of holomorphic sections of a vector bundle and its Čech cohomology on this two-chart cover. A zero-cochain is a pair of entire chart functions $(h_0,h_{\infty })$. A one-cochain is a function $g(z)$ holomorphic on ${\mathbb{C}}^{\ast }$, multiplied by $e_0$. There are no alternating two-cochains on a two-set cover, so every one-cochain is a cocycle. The coboundaries areConsequently the holomorphic Laurent-series cohomology of twists on the projective line isHere the last term means the set of functions $z^{n}h(1/z)$ with $h$ entire. The charts and their intersection are Stein manifolds; Cartan theorem B makes this cover acyclic for the line-bundle section sheaf, so this Čech group computes the sheaf cohomology.

Every $g$ on ${\mathbb{C}}^{\ast }$ has a Laurent series ${\sum }_{k\in \mathbb{Z}}{a}_k{z}^k$ converging normally on compact annuli. Its nonnegative-power tail is an entire function of $z$ and can be removed by a finite-chart coboundary. Its tail with $k\le n$ can be removed by $z^n{h}_{\infty }(1/z)$: the series ${\sum }_{k\le n}{a}_k{w}^{n-k}$ is entire in $w$, because the inner Laurent radius is zero. Assign any overlapping removable powers to just one tail. The only possible remaining powers satisfy $n<k<0$.

If $n\ge -1$, there is no such integer, proving the requested vanishing:For completeness, if $n\le -2$, the remaining classes have basis $z^{n+1},\dots ,z^{-1}$ and dimension $-n-1$. None can be a coboundary, by uniqueness of Laurent coefficients. This also explains exactly why $-2$ is the threshold.

Finally, a global holomorphic section of $\mathcal{O}(1)\oplus \mathcal{O}(1)$ is a pair of linear homogeneous polynomials:It vanishes at a projective point precisely when the nonzero vector $(Z_0,Z_1{)}^T$ belongs to the kernel of the coefficient matrix $M=\left(\begin{array}{cc}a& b\\ c& d\end{array}\right)$. If $M$ has rank two there is no zero; if $M=0$ the section vanishes everywhere. Exactly one projective zero occurs precisely when the kernel is a one-dimensional line. Thus the rank-one sections of two hyperplane line bundles are characterized byEquivalently, $s=v\ell$, where $v\in {\mathbb{C}}^2$ is a fixed nonzero vector and $\ell$ is a nonzero section of $\mathcal{O}(1)$. Its single simple zero is the zero of $\ell$. This includes the case when one component is identically zero and the other is a nonzero linear form.

A holomorphic line bundle $L\to X$ is a rank-one holomorphic vector bundle: it has local trivializations $L{|}_{U_i}\cong U_i\times \mathbb{C}$ whose fiberwise linear transition functions of a vector bundle are nowhere-zero holomorphic functions. Equivalently, choose local holomorphic frames $e_i$ and write $e_j=g_{ij}{e}_i$ on overlaps, with $g_{ij}\in {\mathcal{O}}^{\ast }(U_i\cap U_j)$ and the cocycle relation on triple overlaps. A holomorphic section over $U$ has coefficients $s_i$ holomorphic on $U\cap U_i$ in $s=s_i{e}_i$; consistency means $s_i=g_{ij}{s}_j$.

The dual bundle has fiber $L_x^{\ast }={\mathrm{Hom}}_{\mathbb{C}}(L_x,\mathbb{C})$. Its dual frames $e_i^{\ast }$ are characterized by $e_i^{\ast }(e_i)=1$, and the frame relation becomes $e_j^{\ast }=g_{ij}^{-1}{e}_i^{\ast }$. Reciprocals of nowhere-zero holomorphic functions are holomorphic, and their cocycle relations persist. This defines the holomorphic dual vector bundle structure on $L^{\ast }$, with holomorphic evaluation pairing $L^{\ast }\otimes L\to {\mathcal{O}}_X$.

Assume now that $X$ is compact and connected, and let $s$ and $t$ be nonzero global holomorphic sections of $L$ and $L^{\ast }$, respectively. The function $t(s)$ is a global holomorphic function. The maximum modulus principle, applied in local complex coordinate lines near a maximum and then propagated on the connected manifold, makes it constant. Moreover it is not identically zero: the zero locus of a nonzero holomorphic section has empty interior by the identity theorem, so the two nonvanishing loci are dense open sets and intersect. Thus $t(s)=c\ne 0$ everywhere.

In particular, $s$ never vanishes. The map $(x,a)\mapsto as(x)$ is a holomorphic bundle isomorphism $X\times \mathbb{C}\to L$; in a local frame its inverse divides by the nowhere-zero holomorphic coefficient of $s$. Conversely, a holomorphic trivialization supplies the constant unit sections of both $L$ and $L^{\ast }$. We have proved the two-section criterion for holomorphic triviality:

Write points of Complex projective space as lines $[Z]\subset {\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}$. The complex tautological line bundle iswith fiber that very line. Its dual is the hyperplane line bundle $\mathcal{O}(1)$. On the affine chart $U_i=\{Z_i\ne 0\}$, the vector $e_i([Z])=Z/Z_i$ is a nowhere-zero holomorphic frame of $\mathcal{O}(-1)$. On $U_i\cap U_j$,Both ratios are nowhere-zero holomorphic functions of the affine coordinates. They exhibit the holomorphic transition functions of a vector bundle for the two bundles explicitly.

Choose a nonzero linear functional $\ell :{\mathbb{C}}^{n+1}\to \mathbb{C}$ whose zero hyperplane is $H$. At $[Z]$, its restriction to $\mathbb{C}Z$ is an element of that line's dual and therefore defines a holomorphic section $s_{\ell }$ of $\mathcal{O}(1)$. In the dual frame above its coefficient isThis expression is holomorphic even along $H$, and its zero locus is exactly $H$. Consequently $s_{\ell }{|}_{{\mathbb{P}}^n\setminus H}$ is the requested nowhere-zero section; its global holomorphic extension vanishes precisely on $H$. The extension need not, and does not, stay nowhere zero on the hyperplane.