%0 Journal Article %T On n-ary Hom-Nambu and Hom-Maltsev algebras %A Donald Yau %J Mathematics %D 2010 %I arXiv %X Hom-alternative and Hom-Jordan algebras are shown to give rise to Hom-Nambu algebras of arities 2^{k+1} + 1. The class of n-ary Hom-Maltsev algebras is studied. Multiplicative n-ary Hom-Nambu-Lie algebras are shown to be n-ary Hom-Maltsev algebras. Examples of ternary Hom-Maltsev algebras that are not ternary Hom-Nambu-Lie algebras are given. Ternary Hom-Maltsev algebras are shown to arise from composition algebras. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1004.4795v1