On the cutoff parameter in the translation-invariant theory of the strong coupling polaron (response to comments [8] on the paper V.D. Lakhno, SSC 152 (2012) 621)

The paper is a reply to the arguments adduced by the authors of [8] against the results obtained by the author in [6,7]. It is shown that these arguments are based on the erroneous approach made in [8] to the strong coupling limit when the cutoff parameter is introduced in the theory.