Approximating rational points on horospherical varieties

Abstract

Let $X$ be a smooth projective split horospherical variety over a number field $k$ and $x\in X(k)$. Contingent on Vojta's conjecture, we construct a curve $C$ through $x$ such that (in a precise sense) rational points on $C$ approximate $x$ better than any Zariski dense sequence of rational points. This proves a weakening of a conjecture of McKinnon in the horospherical case. Our results make use of the minimal model program and apply as well to $\mathbb{Q}$-factorial horospherical varieties with terminal singularities.