> 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 triangulable manifold but only a topological manifold. Question: -- 1. Is this true that $X_d \times T^k$ can always be triangulable? (The $T^k$ is a $k$-torus.) 2. Is this true that $X_d \times I^k$ can always be triangulable? (The $I^k$ is a finite width interval in $k$ dimensions.) 3. Is this true that $X_d \times \mathbb{R}^k$ can always be triangulable? (The $R^k$ is a real space in $k$ dimensions.) - If not true, could $X_d \times T^k$, $X_d \times I^k$, or $X_d \times \mathbb{R}^k$ sometimes be triangulable? under what criteria? (for example, for a certain dimension $d$? for a certain bound on $k$? or when $X_d$ has a certain structure (like Spin)?) ---- Other warm-up info: -- - If $X_4$ is the non-triangulable Freedman's E8 topological manifold, then $X_{4+𝑘}=X_4\times T^𝑘$ is triangulable, but not piecewise linear (PL). - Any orientable 5-manifold is triangulable.