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)

const MOD: usize = 998244353;
use crate::mod_int::ModInt;

fn main() {
    let (r, w) = (std::io::stdin(), std::io::stdout());
    let mut sc = IO::new(r.lock(), w.lock());
    let n: usize = sc.read();
    let m: usize = sc.read();
    let k: usize = sc.read();

    if m == 1 {
        if k == n - 1 {
            println!("1");
        } else {
            println!("0");
        }
        return;
    }

    let comb = Combination::new(n, MOD);
    let base = ModInt(m - 1).pow(n - 1) * m;
    let mut ans = ModInt(0);
    for pair in 0..(k + 1) {
        ans += base * comb.get(n - 1, pair) / ModInt(m - 1).pow(pair);
    }
    println!("{}", ans.0);
}
pub struct Combination {
    fact: Vec<usize>,
    inv_fact: Vec<usize>,
    modulo: usize,
}

impl Combination {
    pub fn new(max: usize, modulo: usize) -> Combination {
        let mut inv = vec![0; max + 1];
        let mut fact = vec![0; max + 1];
        let mut inv_fact = vec![0; max + 1];
        inv[1] = 1;
        for i in 2..(max + 1) {
            inv[i] = inv[modulo % i] * (modulo - modulo / i) % modulo;
        }
        fact[0] = 1;
        inv_fact[0] = 1;
        for i in 0..max {
            fact[i + 1] = fact[i] * (i + 1) % modulo;
        }
        for i in 0..max {
            inv_fact[i + 1] = inv_fact[i] * inv[i + 1] % modulo;
        }
        Combination {
            fact: fact,
            inv_fact: inv_fact,
            modulo: modulo,
        }
    }

    pub fn get(&self, x: usize, y: usize) -> ModInt<usize> {
        assert!(x >= y);
        ModInt(self.fact[x] * self.inv_fact[y] % self.modulo * self.inv_fact[x - y] % self.modulo)
    }
}

pub mod mod_int {
    use super::MOD;
    use std::ops::{Add, AddAssign, Div, DivAssign, Mul, MulAssign, Sub, SubAssign};

    type Num = usize;

    #[derive(Clone, Copy)]
    pub struct ModInt<T: Copy + Clone>(pub T);

    impl Add<ModInt<Num>> for ModInt<Num> {
        type Output = ModInt<Num>;
        fn add(self, rhs: ModInt<Num>) -> ModInt<Num> {
            self + rhs.0
        }
    }

    impl Add<Num> for ModInt<Num> {
        type Output = ModInt<Num>;
        fn add(self, mut rhs: Num) -> ModInt<Num> {
            if rhs >= MOD {
                rhs %= MOD;
            }
            let mut t = rhs + self.0;
            if t >= MOD {
                t = t - MOD;
            }
            ModInt(t)
        }
    }

    impl Sub<Num> for ModInt<Num> {
        type Output = ModInt<Num>;
        fn sub(self, rhs: Num) -> ModInt<Num> {
            let rhs = if rhs >= MOD { rhs % MOD } else { rhs };
            let value = if self.0 < rhs { self.0 + MOD } else { self.0 };
            ModInt(value - rhs)
        }
    }

    impl Sub<ModInt<Num>> for ModInt<Num> {
        type Output = ModInt<Num>;
        fn sub(self, rhs: ModInt<Num>) -> ModInt<Num> {
            self - rhs.0
        }
    }

    impl AddAssign<Num> for ModInt<Num> {
        fn add_assign(&mut self, other: Num) {
            *self = *self + other;
        }
    }
    impl AddAssign<ModInt<Num>> for ModInt<Num> {
        fn add_assign(&mut self, other: ModInt<Num>) {
            *self = *self + other;
        }
    }

    impl SubAssign<Num> for ModInt<Num> {
        fn sub_assign(&mut self, other: Num) {
            *self = *self - other;
        }
    }

    impl SubAssign<ModInt<Num>> for ModInt<Num> {
        fn sub_assign(&mut self, other: ModInt<Num>) {
            *self = *self - other;
        }
    }

    impl Div<Num> for ModInt<Num> {
        type Output = ModInt<Num>;
        fn div(self, mut rhs: Num) -> ModInt<Num> {
            if rhs >= MOD {
                rhs %= MOD;
            }
            self * ModInt(rhs).pow(MOD - 2)
        }
    }

    impl Div<ModInt<Num>> for ModInt<Num> {
        type Output = ModInt<Num>;
        fn div(self, rhs: ModInt<Num>) -> ModInt<Num> {
            self / rhs.0
        }
    }

    impl DivAssign<Num> for ModInt<Num> {
        fn div_assign(&mut self, rhs: Num) {
            *self = *self / rhs
        }
    }
    impl DivAssign<ModInt<Num>> for ModInt<Num> {
        fn div_assign(&mut self, rhs: ModInt<Num>) {
            *self = *self / rhs
        }
    }

    impl Mul<ModInt<Num>> for ModInt<Num> {
        type Output = ModInt<Num>;

        fn mul(self, rhs: ModInt<Num>) -> ModInt<Num> {
            self * rhs.0
        }
    }
    impl Mul<Num> for ModInt<Num> {
        type Output = ModInt<Num>;

        fn mul(self, mut rhs: Num) -> ModInt<Num> {
            if rhs >= MOD {
                rhs %= MOD;
            }
            let t = (self.0 * rhs) % MOD;
            ModInt(t)
        }
    }

    impl MulAssign<Num> for ModInt<Num> {
        fn mul_assign(&mut self, rhs: Num) {
            *self = *self * rhs;
        }
    }

    impl MulAssign<ModInt<Num>> for ModInt<Num> {
        fn mul_assign(&mut self, rhs: ModInt<Num>) {
            *self = *self * rhs;
        }
    }

    impl ModInt<Num> {
        pub fn new(v: Num) -> Self {
            Self(v % MOD)
        }

        pub fn pow(self, e: Num) -> ModInt<Num> {
            let mut result = ModInt(1);
            let mut cur = self;
            let mut e = e;
            while e > 0 {
                if e & 1 == 1 {
                    result *= cur;
                }
                e >>= 1;
                cur *= cur;
            }
            result
        }
    }
}

pub struct IO<R, W: std::io::Write>(R, std::io::BufWriter<W>);

impl<R: std::io::Read, W: std::io::Write> IO<R, W> {
    pub fn new(r: R, w: W) -> Self {
        Self(r, std::io::BufWriter::new(w))
    }
    pub fn write<S: ToString>(&mut self, s: S) {
        use std::io::Write;
        self.1.write(s.to_string().as_bytes()).unwrap();
    }
    pub fn read<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self) -> T {
        use std::io::Read;
        let buf = self
            .0
            .by_ref()
            .bytes()
            .map(|b| b.unwrap())
            .skip_while(|&b| b == b' ' || b == b'\n' || b == b'\r' || b == b'\t')
            .take_while(|&b| b != b' ' && b != b'\n' && b != b'\r' && b != b'\t')
            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
        unsafe { std::str::from_utf8_unchecked(&buf) }
            .parse()
            .ok()
            .expect("Parse error.")
    }
    pub fn vec<T: std::str::FromStr>(&mut self, n: usize) -> Vec<T> {
        (0..n).map(|_| self.read()).collect()
    }
    pub fn chars(&mut self) -> Vec<char> {
        self.read::<String>().chars().collect()
    }
}