Heegner points on elliptic curves with a rational torsion point

Using Heegner points on elliptic curves, we construct points of infinite order on certain elliptic curves with a Q-rational torsion point of odd order. As an application of this construction, we show that for any elliptic curve E defined over Q which is isogenous to an elliptic curve E' defined over Q of square-free conductor N with a Q-rational 3-torsion point, a positive proportion of quadratic twists of E have (analytic) rank r, where r is an element of {0, 1}. This assertion is predicted to be true unconditionally for any elliptic curve E defined over Q due to Goldfeld (1979) [Go] but previously has been confirmed unconditionally for only one elliptic curve due to Vatsal (1998) [VI]. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.