Set-theoretic Yang–Baxter equation, braces and Drinfeld twists

Abstract We consider involutive, non-degenerate, finite set-theoretic solutions of the Yang–Baxter equation (YBE). Such solutions can be always obtained using certain algebraic structures that generalize nilpotent rings called braces. Our main aim here is to express such solutions in terms of admissible Drinfeld twists substantially extending recent preliminary results. We first identify the generic form of the twists associated to set-theoretic solutions and we show that these twists are admissible, i.e. they satisfy a certain co-cycle condition. These findings are also valid for Baxterized solutions of the YBE constructed from the set-theoretical ones.