Pseudorandom ensemble

In cryptography, a pseudorandom ensemble is a family of variables meeting the following criteria:

Let $U=\{U_{n}\}_{n\in \mathbb {N} }$ be a uniform ensemble and $X=\{X_{n}\}_{n\in \mathbb {N} }$ be an ensemble. The ensemble $X$ is called pseudorandom if $X$ and $U$ are indistinguishable in polynomial time.

References

• Goldreich, Oded (2001). Foundations of Cryptography: Volume 1, Basic Tools. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-79172-3. Fragments available at the author's web site.