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::char::from_digit;
use std::cmp::{max, min};
use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, BinaryHeap, HashMap, HashSet, VecDeque};
use std::error::Error;
use std::fmt::Debug;
use std::io::prelude::*;
use std::io::{stdin, stdout, BufReader, BufWriter, Stdin, Stdout, Write};
use std::mem::swap;
use std::str::FromStr;


type BoxResult<T> = Result<T, Box<std::error::Error>>;

const MOD: u64 = 998244353;

fn main() {
    let mut scanner = Scanner::new(stdin());
    let (n, m, k) = scanner.read_three::<u64, u64, u64>().unwrap();
    let ans = solve(n, m, k);
    println!("{}", ans);
}

fn solve(n: u64, m: u64, k: u64) -> u64 {
    if m == 1 {
        if k == n - 1 {
            return 1;
        } else {
            return 0;
        }
    }
    let mut ans = if k == n - 1 { m } else { 0 };
    let mut combi = 1;
    let mut pow = m;
    for i in 1..n {
        combi *= n - i;
        combi %= MOD;
        combi *= power(i, MOD - 2, MOD);
        combi %= MOD;
        pow = (pow * (m - 1)) % MOD;
        if i >= n - 1 - k {
            ans += combi * pow;
            ans %= MOD;
        }
    }
    ans
}

fn power(x: u64, mut k: u64, modulo: u64) -> u64 {
    let mut pows = vec![x];
    for i in 0..63 {
        let square = (pows[i] * pows[i]) % modulo;
        pows.push(square);
    }
    let mut pow = 1;
    for i in 0..64 {
        let flag = k & 1;
        k >>= 1;
        if flag == 1 {
            pow = (pow * pows[i]) % modulo;
        }
    }
    pow
}

pub struct Scanner<R> {
    reader: BufReader<R>,
    buffer: String,
}
impl<R> Scanner<R>
where
    R: Read,
{
    pub fn new(inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::new(inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }
    pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize, inner: R) -> Scanner<R> {
        let reader = BufReader::with_capacity(capacity, inner);
        let buffer = String::new();
        Scanner {
            reader: reader,
            buffer: buffer,
        }
    }
    pub fn read_line(&mut self) -> BoxResult<String> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let cloned = self.buffer.trim().to_string();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(cloned)
    }

    pub fn read<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<T>
    where
        T: FromStr,
        T::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed = self.buffer.trim().parse()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed)
    }
    pub fn read_two<T, U>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<(T, U)>
    where
        T: FromStr + Copy,
        T::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
        U: FromStr + Copy,
        U::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let (a, b) = {
            let params = self.buffer.trim().split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>();
            let a = params[0].parse()?;
            let b = params[1].parse()?;
            (a, b)
        };
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok((a, b))
    }
    pub fn read_three<T, U, V>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<(T, U, V)>
    where
        T: FromStr + Copy,
        T::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
        U: FromStr + Copy,
        U::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
        V: FromStr + Copy,
        V::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let (a, b, c) = {
            let params = self.buffer.trim().split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>();
            let a = params[0].parse()?;
            let b = params[1].parse()?;
            let c = params[2].parse()?;
            (a, b, c)
        };
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok((a, b, c))
    }
    pub fn read_four<T, U, V, W>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<(T, U, V, W)>
    where
        T: FromStr + Copy,
        T::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
        U: FromStr + Copy,
        U::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
        V: FromStr + Copy,
        V::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
        W: FromStr + Copy,
        W::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let (a, b, c, d) = {
            let params = self.buffer.trim().split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>();
            let a = params[0].parse()?;
            let b = params[1].parse()?;
            let c = params[2].parse()?;
            let d = params[3].parse()?;
            (a, b, c, d)
        };
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok((a, b, c, d))
    }
    pub fn read_vector<T>(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<T>>
    where
        T: FromStr + Copy,
        T::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
    {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let parsed_vec = self
            .buffer
            .trim()
            .split_whitespace()
            .map(|s| s.parse())
            .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(parsed_vec)
    }
    pub fn read_matrix<T>(&mut self, lines: u64) -> BoxResult<Vec<Vec<T>>>
    where
        T: FromStr + Copy,
        T::Err: Debug + Error + 'static,
    {
        let mut parsed_matrix = vec![];
        for _ in 0..lines {
            self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
            parsed_matrix.push(
                self.buffer
                    .trim()
                    .split_whitespace()
                    .map(|s| s.parse())
                    .collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?,
            );
            self.buffer.clear();
        }
        Ok(parsed_matrix)
    }
    pub fn read_chars(&mut self) -> BoxResult<Vec<char>> {
        self.reader.read_line(&mut self.buffer)?;
        let chars = self.buffer.trim().chars().collect::<Vec<_>>();
        self.buffer.clear();
        Ok(chars)
    }
}