This paper is the first part of an introduction to the subject of graph homomorphism in the mixed form of a course and a survey. We give the basic definitions, examples and uses of graph homomorphisms and mention some results that consider the structure and some parameters of the graphs involved. We discuss vertex transitive graphs and Cayley graphs and their rather fundamental role in some aspects of graph homomorphisms. Graph colourings are then explored as homomorphisms, followed by a discussion of various graph products.
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