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Left adjoint functor between categories of polygons?

EDIT: Based on very helpful comments from Alec Rhea and Qiaochu Yuan I am adding some specification on objects and morphisms, hoping that this clarifies the idea behind these categories. I have also ...
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If $X_d$ is a non-triangulable manifold, can $X_d \times T^k$, $X_d \times I^k$, or $X_d \times \mathbb{R}^k$ be a triangulable manifold?

If $X_d$ is a non-triangulable manifold, can $X_d \times T^k$, $X_d \times I^k$, or $X_d \times \mathbb{R}^k$ always be a triangulable manifold? Let $X_d$ be a $d$-manifold which is NOT a ...
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Does any smooth oriented closed orbifold have a fundamental class

This thread:triangulation of orbifolds has shown that any smooth closed orbifold has a triangulation. My further question is: if the difference of any two triangulations $P$ and $Q$ is a boundary of a ...
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