“…Hence, f t = f 0 + th t (x, y, z), where ord h t ≥ 2. Applying the procedure from the Splitting Lemma to the variable x, we easily find that there exists a holomorphic change of coordinates of the form x → Φ(t, x, y, z), y → y, z → z, t → t, where ord Φ(0, x, 0, 0) = 1, bringing f t to the form f t = f 0 + t ht (y, z), where ord ht ≥ 2 for small t. Since both µ and L 0 are invariants of stable equivalence (see, e.g., [16,Thm. 21]), we may remove x 2 from f t and infer that (g t ) := (g 0 + t ht (y, z)) is a µ-constant deformation of the isolated plane curve singularity g 0 and L 0 (g t ) = L 0 (f t ).…”