# Is the trivial bundle ample on an affine variety?

When I was reading a paper, I came across a statement like "Since ince $M$ is affine, the trivial bundle is ample and ..." I think that line bundle $L$ on a variety $M$ is ample if it the global sections of $L^{\otimes n}$ give an embedding $M$ to some projective space. Is this clear for the trivial line bundle of affine variety?

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If [the scheme] $X$ is affine, then any invertible sheaf on $X$ is ample.
Hartshorne's definition of ampleness (equivalent to yours; see Theorem II.7.6) is that $L$ is ample if, for any coherent sheaf $F$ on $X$, there exists an integer $n_0$ such that $F \otimes L^n$ is generated by globals for all $n > n_0$. You get the example I quote above upon recalling (II.5.16.2) that coherent sheaves on an affine scheme are determined by their global sections, and you get the result you quote because the trivial bundle is invertible.
I see. Hartshorne's definition of ampleness is different from what I initially thought. As you said, they are the same in case $X$ is affine as global section defines the scheme. But he defines it via global generation... Thank you very much. –  M. K. Sep 13 '12 at 8:45