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Reducible Discord in Generic Three―Qubit Pure 　　Quantum discord is the most prominent of quantum correlations， but it does not have unique generalizations to the multipartite case. W states are especially useful for secure communication. In this paper， we propose that the quantum correlation in generic three-qubit pure W states can be given by the two-qubit discords of these states. quantum discord； W state； quantum correlation 1 Introduction In many-particle physics and quantum information science， classifying and quantifying correlations in a multipartite quantum state is a fundamental problem. The amount of knowledge about the quantum system that can be acquired from subsystems has also yet to be determined. Quantum science asks whether a multipartite quantum state can be determined uniquely if all its reduced-density matrices are specified [1]，[2]. Generic N -party pure quantum states are uniquely determined by the reduced states of just over half the parties [3]. In [4]， the N -qubit pure W states are determined by their bipartite reduced density matrices. Thus， N-party correlations in W state are reducible to two-party correlations. In the simplest case， the entanglement of the generalized three-qubit W state has maximum robustness against the loss of one qubit. This means that the bipartite entanglement left in the system can still be used to perform information-theoretic tasks， even without the cooperation of a third party. Moreover， a third party cannot destroy the residual entanglement， which makes the W state particularly useful for secure communication [6]-[9]. Almost all three-party pure quantum states can be determined by two-party reduced states [10]-[12]. In [1]， [10] and [11]， the total quantum correlations in the N-qubit pure W states should be characterized by the bipartite quantum correlation within them. In this paper， we discuss two-qubit quantum discord in generic three-qubit pure W states [13]. We propose two-qubit quantum discord a