Sergei Rytov

Sergei Rytov was a Soviet physicist and academician who founded modern statistical radiophysics and fluctuational electrodynamics, work summarized in his multi-volume 'Principles of Statistical Radiophysics'; the Rytov approximation and Rytov number bear his name. He worked at the Lebedev Physical Institute and the Mints Radio Engineering Institute in Moscow. No Jewish heritage is documented in mainstream biographies; he appears in Jewish reference listings of physicists.