Serre's theorem on affineness

In the mathematical discipline of algebraic geometry, Serre's theorem on affineness (also called Serre's cohomological characterization of affineness or Serre's criterion on affineness) is a theorem due to Jean-Pierre Serre which gives sufficient conditions for a scheme to be affine, stated in terms of sheaf cohomology. The theorem was first published by Serre in 1957.