Terence ___, noted expert on combinatorics and analytic number theory (3)

I believe the answer is:

tao

(Other definitions for tao that I've seen before include "Chinese philosophical principle" , "The way of Chinese philosophy" , "religious way" , "path of Chinese" , "Universal principle of Chinese philosophy" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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