The symmetric six-vertex model and the Segre cubic threefold

In this paper we investigate the mathematical properties of the integrability of the symmetric six-vertex model towards the view of algebraic geometry. We show that the algebraic variety originated from Baxter's commuting transfer method is birationally isomorphic to a ubiquitous threefold known as Segre cubic primal. This relation makes it possible to present the most generic solution for the Yang-Baxter triple associated to this lattice model. The respective R-matrix and Lax operators are parameterized by three independent affine spectral variables.