  It is common knowledge in the set theory community that there exists a
duality relating the commutative $C^*$-algebras with the family of $B$-names
for complex numbers in a boolean valued model for set theory $V^B$. Several
aspects of this correlation have been considered in works of the late $1970$'s
and early $1980$'s, for example by Takeuti, and by Jech. Generalizing Jech's
results, we extend this duality so as to be able to describe the family of
boolean names for elements of any given Polish space $Y$ (such as the complex
numbers) in a boolean valued model for set theory $V^B$ as a space $C^+(X,Y)$
consisting of functions $f$ whose domain $X$ is the Stone space of $B$, and
whose range is contained in $Y$ modulo a meager set. We also outline how this
duality can be combined with generic absoluteness results in order to analyze,
by means of forcing arguments, the theory of $C^+(X,Y)$.

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