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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0721.00006.] Let \(p\) be an odd prime number, \(W\) a \(p\)-adic representation of \(\text{Gal}(\overline\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Q})\). Let \(\mathbb{Q}_ \infty\) be the cyclotomic \(\mathbb{Z}_ p\) extension of \(\mathbb{Q}\), with Galois group \(\Gamma\) over \(\mathbb{Q}\). Choose a lattice \(L\) of \(W\), stable for \(\text{Gal}(\overline\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Q})\). Greenberg constructed an Iwasawa module on the algebra \(\mathbb{Z}_ p[[\Gamma]]\). Suppose it is of \(\mathbb{Z}_ p[[\Gamma]]\)-torsion, an element \(f_ L\) is defined, which is called its ``characteristic series''. Suppose \(\mu(L)\) the \(\mu\)-invariant of \(f_ L\). The aim of the paper is to investigate the variation of \(\mu(L)\) with \(L\). The results can be compared to the variation of the \(p\)-adic periods. It permits to conjecture on a link between the characteristic series and the \(p\)-adic \(L\)-functions.