Problem:
Score : 500 points

Problem Statement

There are N blocks arranged in a row. Let us paint these blocks.

We will consider two ways to paint the blocks different if and only if there is a block painted in different colors in those two ways.

Find the number of ways to paint the blocks under the following conditions:

For each block, use one of the M colors, Color 1 through Color M, to paint it. It is not mandatory to use all the colors.

There may be at most K pairs of adjacent blocks that are painted in the same color.

Since the count may be enormous, print it modulo 998244353.

Constraints

All values in input are integers.

1 \leq N, M \leq 2 \times 10^5

0 \leq K \leq N - 1

Input

Input is given from Standard Input in the following format:

N M K

Output

Print the answer.

Sample Input 1

3 2 1

Sample Output 1

6

The following ways to paint the blocks satisfy the conditions: 112, 121, 122, 211, 212, and 221. Here, digits represent the colors of the blocks.

Sample Input 2

100 100 0

Sample Output 2

73074801

Sample Input 3

60522 114575 7559

Sample Output 3

479519525

Solution in Rust (1.42.0) (judge verdict: Accepted)

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::*;
use std::io::{Write, BufWriter};
// https://qiita.com/tanakh/items/0ba42c7ca36cd29d0ac8
macro_rules! input {
    ($($r:tt)*) => {
        let stdin = std::io::stdin();
        let mut bytes = std::io::Read::bytes(std::io::BufReader::new(stdin.lock()));
        let mut next = move || -> String{
            bytes
                .by_ref()
                .map(|r|r.unwrap() as char)
                .skip_while(|c|c.is_whitespace())
                .take_while(|c|!c.is_whitespace())
                .collect()
        };
        input_inner!{next, $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! input_inner {
    ($next:expr) => {};
    ($next:expr, ) => {};

    ($next:expr, $var:ident : $t:tt $($r:tt)*) => {
        let $var = read_value!($next, $t);
        input_inner!{$next $($r)*}
    };
}

macro_rules! read_value {
    ($next:expr, ( $($t:tt),* )) => {
        ( $(read_value!($next, $t)),* )
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ; $len:expr ]) => {
        (0..$len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, chars) => {
        read_value!($next, String).chars().collect::<Vec<char>>()
    };

    ($next:expr, usize1) => {
        read_value!($next, usize) - 1
    };

    ($next:expr, [ $t:tt ]) => {{
        let len = read_value!($next, usize);
        (0..len).map(|_| read_value!($next, $t)).collect::<Vec<_>>()
    }};

    ($next:expr, $t:ty) => {
        $next().parse::<$t>().expect("Parse error")
    };
}

#[allow(unused)]
macro_rules! debug {
    ($($format:tt)*) => (write!(std::io::stderr(), $($format)*).unwrap());
}
#[allow(unused)]
macro_rules! debugln {
    ($($format:tt)*) => (writeln!(std::io::stderr(), $($format)*).unwrap());
}

/// Verified by https://atcoder.jp/contests/arc093/submissions/3968098
mod mod_int {
    use std::ops::*;
    pub trait Mod: Copy { fn m() -> i64; }
    #[derive(Copy, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
    pub struct ModInt<M> { pub x: i64, phantom: ::std::marker::PhantomData<M> }
    impl<M: Mod> ModInt<M> {
        // x >= 0
        pub fn new(x: i64) -> Self { ModInt::new_internal(x % M::m()) }
        fn new_internal(x: i64) -> Self {
            ModInt { x: x, phantom: ::std::marker::PhantomData }
        }
        pub fn pow(self, mut e: i64) -> Self {
            debug_assert!(e >= 0);
            let mut sum = ModInt::new_internal(1);
            let mut cur = self;
            while e > 0 {
                if e % 2 != 0 { sum *= cur; }
                cur *= cur;
                e /= 2;
            }
            sum
        }
        #[allow(dead_code)]
        pub fn inv(self) -> Self { self.pow(M::m() - 2) }
    }
    impl<M: Mod, T: Into<ModInt<M>>> Add<T> for ModInt<M> {
        type Output = Self;
        fn add(self, other: T) -> Self {
            let other = other.into();
            let mut sum = self.x + other.x;
            if sum >= M::m() { sum -= M::m(); }
            ModInt::new_internal(sum)
        }
    }
    impl<M: Mod, T: Into<ModInt<M>>> Sub<T> for ModInt<M> {
        type Output = Self;
        fn sub(self, other: T) -> Self {
            let other = other.into();
            let mut sum = self.x - other.x;
            if sum < 0 { sum += M::m(); }
            ModInt::new_internal(sum)
        }
    }
    impl<M: Mod, T: Into<ModInt<M>>> Mul<T> for ModInt<M> {
        type Output = Self;
        fn mul(self, other: T) -> Self { ModInt::new(self.x * other.into().x % M::m()) }
    }
    impl<M: Mod, T: Into<ModInt<M>>> AddAssign<T> for ModInt<M> {
        fn add_assign(&mut self, other: T) { *self = *self + other; }
    }
    impl<M: Mod, T: Into<ModInt<M>>> SubAssign<T> for ModInt<M> {
        fn sub_assign(&mut self, other: T) { *self = *self - other; }
    }
    impl<M: Mod, T: Into<ModInt<M>>> MulAssign<T> for ModInt<M> {
        fn mul_assign(&mut self, other: T) { *self = *self * other; }
    }
    impl<M: Mod> Neg for ModInt<M> {
        type Output = Self;
        fn neg(self) -> Self { ModInt::new(0) - self }
    }
    impl<M> ::std::fmt::Display for ModInt<M> {
        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -> ::std::fmt::Result {
            self.x.fmt(f)
        }
    }
    impl<M: Mod> ::std::fmt::Debug for ModInt<M> {
        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter) -> ::std::fmt::Result {
            let (mut a, mut b, _) = red(self.x, M::m());
            if b < 0 {
                a = -a;
                b = -b;
            }
            write!(f, "{}/{}", a, b)
        }
    }
    impl<M: Mod> From<i64> for ModInt<M> {
        fn from(x: i64) -> Self { Self::new(x) }
    }
    // Finds the simplest fraction x/y congruent to r mod p.
    // The return value (x, y, z) satisfies x = y * r + z * p.
    fn red(r: i64, p: i64) -> (i64, i64, i64) {
        if r.abs() <= 10000 {
            return (r, 1, 0);
        }
        let mut nxt_r = p % r;
        let mut q = p / r;
        if 2 * nxt_r >= r {
            nxt_r -= r;
            q += 1;
        }
        if 2 * nxt_r <= -r {
            nxt_r += r;
            q -= 1;
        }
        let (x, z, y) = red(nxt_r, r);
        (x, y - q * z, z)
    }
} // mod mod_int

macro_rules! define_mod {
    ($struct_name: ident, $modulo: expr) => {
        #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
        struct $struct_name {}
        impl mod_int::Mod for $struct_name { fn m() -> i64 { $modulo } }
    }
}
const MOD: i64 = 998_244_353;
define_mod!(P, MOD);
type ModInt = mod_int::ModInt<P>;

// Depends on ModInt.rs
fn fact_init(w: usize) -> (Vec<ModInt>, Vec<ModInt>) {
    let mut fac = vec![ModInt::new(1); w];
    let mut invfac = vec![0.into(); w];
    for i in 1 .. w {
        fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i as i64;
    }
    invfac[w - 1] = fac[w - 1].inv();
    for i in (0 .. w - 1).rev() {
        invfac[i] = invfac[i + 1] * (i as i64 + 1);
    }
    (fac, invfac)
}

fn solve() {
    let out = std::io::stdout();
    let mut out = BufWriter::new(out.lock());
    macro_rules! puts {
        ($($format:tt)*) => (let _ = write!(out,$($format)*););
    }
    input!(n: usize, m: i64, k: usize);
    let (fac, invfac) = fact_init(n + 1);
    let mut tot = ModInt::new(0);
    for i in 0..k + 1 {
        tot += fac[n - 1] * invfac[i] * invfac[n - 1 - i] * m * ModInt::new(m - 1).pow((n - i - 1) as i64);
    }
    puts!("{}\n", tot);
}

fn main() {
    // In order to avoid potential stack overflow, spawn a new thread.
    let stack_size = 104_857_600; // 100 MB
    let thd = std::thread::Builder::new().stack_size(stack_size);
    thd.spawn(|| solve()).unwrap().join().unwrap();
}