Computing isogenies from modular equations in genus two

We present an algorithm solving the following problem: given two genus 2 curves over a field k with isogenous Jacobians, compute such an isogeny explicitly. This isogeny can be either an l-isogeny or, in the real multiplication case, an isogeny with cyclic kernel; we require that k have large enough characteristic and that the curves be sufficiently generic. Our algorithm uses modular equations for these isogeny types, and makes essential use of an explicit Kodaira–Spencer isomorphism in genus 2.