Timeline for Why the letter "p" for genus?

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Jul 13, 2012 at 1:32	history	undeleted	Papiro
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May 13, 2012 at 9:32	history	edited	Papiro	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 10 characters in body
May 12, 2012 at 21:05	history	edited	Papiro	CC BY-SA 3.0	deleted 181 characters in body
May 12, 2012 at 20:34	comment	added	YangMills		In your first link, the letter $n$ denotes the number of punctures/points, not $p$.
May 12, 2012 at 9:35	history	edited	Papiro	CC BY-SA 3.0	deleted 4 characters in body
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May 11, 2012 at 11:09	history	edited	Papiro	CC BY-SA 3.0	deleted 2 characters in body
May 11, 2012 at 11:08	comment	added	Papiro		First, thank you very much for your kindly reply. The author's name was corrected. Second, please define "historically". Last, please read the second phrase in my answer.
May 11, 2012 at 2:56	comment	added	KConrad		First, the author is Bers (Lipman is his first name; we don't call Newton "Isaac"). Second, this doesn't really answer the question, which is about why p is used for the genus historically. That paper by Bers is from the 1950s, long past the time of interest in the question.
May 11, 2012 at 1:40	history	answered	Papiro	CC BY-SA 3.0