Perverse Sheaves and ℂ ∗ -Actions (Q3979557)

Let \(X\) be a smooth complex projective variety and give an algebraic \(\mathbb{C}^*\)-action on it with isolated fixed points. Assume the corresponding Białynicki-Birula cell decomposition to be an algebraic stratification of \(X\). Then, under a special condition about the action in the neighborhood of the fixed points the author proves that the natural graded morphism from the Ext-groups into the hypercohomology of the closure of the cells all are isomorphisms. --- The significance of this theorem is in giving a recipe for computing the Ext-groups provided one knows the hypercohomology. The special case where \(X\) is the flag manifold has a connection with the proof of the Koszul duality conjecture.