#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
//#define int long long
#define Int int32_t
#define all(c) c.begin(), c.end()
#define FAST ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false) , cin.tie(NULL);
#define pii pair< int , int >
#define pb push_back
#define F first
#define S second
#define endl "\n"
#define bitcnt(n) __builtin_popcountll(n)
#define setpre(n) cout << fixed << setprecision(n)
#define tr(c) for(auto x : c )cout << x << " ";
#define ol(c , s , e ) for(int pos=s; pos<e ; pos++) cout << c[pos] << " ";
#define PI acos(-1l)
const int M = 1000000007;
const int N=3e6+5;
const long long INF = 1e18+5;

//#define rohit
#ifdef rohit
template<typename... T >
void bug(T... __VA_ARGS__) {
    ((cerr << __VA_ARGS__ << " ") , ...);
}
#define debug(...) cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]:", bug(__VA_ARGS__) , cerr << endl;
#endif
template <typename T>
T inverse(T a, T m) {
    T u = 0, v = 1;
    while (a != 0) {
        T t = m / a;
        m -= t * a; swap(a, m);
        u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
    }
    assert(m == 1);
    return u;
}

template <typename T>
class Modular {
public:
    using Type = typename decay<decltype(T::value)>::type;

    constexpr Modular() : value() {}
    template <typename U>
    Modular(const U& x) {
        value = normalize(x);
    }

    template <typename U>
    static Type normalize(const U& x) {
        Type v;
        if (-mod() <= x && x < mod()) v = static_cast<Type>(x);
        else v = static_cast<Type>(x % mod());
        if (v < 0) v += mod();
        return v;
    }

    const Type& operator()() const { return value; }
    template <typename U>
    explicit operator U() const { return static_cast<U>(value); }
    constexpr static Type mod() { return T::value; }

    Modular& operator+=(const Modular& other) { if ((value += other.value) >= mod()) value -= mod(); return *this; }
    Modular& operator-=(const Modular& other) { if ((value -= other.value) < 0) value += mod(); return *this; }
    template <typename U> Modular& operator+=(const U& other) { return *this += Modular(other); }
    template <typename U> Modular& operator-=(const U& other) { return *this -= Modular(other); }
    Modular& operator++() { return *this += 1; }
    Modular& operator--() { return *this -= 1; }
    Modular operator++(int) { Modular result(*this); *this += 1; return result; }
    Modular operator--(int) { Modular result(*this); *this -= 1; return result; }
    Modular operator-() const { return Modular(-value); }

    template <typename U = T>
    typename enable_if<is_same<typename Modular<U>::Type, int>::value, Modular>::type& operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
#ifdef _WIN32
        uint64_t x = static_cast<int64_t>(value) * static_cast<int64_t>(rhs.value);
        uint32_t xh = static_cast<uint32_t>(x >> 32), xl = static_cast<uint32_t>(x), d, m;
        asm(
        "divl %4; \n\t"
        : "=a" (d), "=d" (m)
        : "d" (xh), "a" (xl), "r" (mod())
        );
        value = m;
#else
        value = normalize(static_cast<int64_t>(value) * static_cast<int64_t>(rhs.value));
#endif
        return *this;
    }
    template <typename U = T>
    typename enable_if<is_same<typename Modular<U>::Type, int64_t>::value, Modular>::type& operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
        int64_t q = static_cast<int64_t>(static_cast<long double>(value) * rhs.value / mod());
        value = normalize(value * rhs.value - q * mod());
        return *this;
    }
    template <typename U = T>
    typename enable_if<!is_integral<typename Modular<U>::Type>::value, Modular>::type& operator*=(const Modular& rhs) {
        value = normalize(value * rhs.value);
        return *this;
    }

    Modular& operator/=(const Modular& other) { return *this *= Modular(inverse(other.value, mod())); }

    template <typename U>
    friend const Modular<U>& abs(const Modular<U>& v) { return v; }

    template <typename U>
    friend bool operator==(const Modular<U>& lhs, const Modular<U>& rhs);

    template <typename U>
    friend bool operator<(const Modular<U>& lhs, const Modular<U>& rhs);

    template <typename U>
    friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& stream, Modular<U>& number);

private:
    Type value;
};

template <typename T> bool operator==(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return lhs.value == rhs.value; }
template <typename T, typename U> bool operator==(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) { return lhs == Modular<T>(rhs); }
template <typename T, typename U> bool operator==(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) == rhs; }

template <typename T> bool operator!=(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }
template <typename T, typename U> bool operator!=(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }
template <typename T, typename U> bool operator!=(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return !(lhs == rhs); }

template <typename T> bool operator<(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return lhs.value < rhs.value; }

template <typename T> Modular<T> operator+(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) += rhs; }
template <typename T, typename U> Modular<T> operator+(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) += rhs; }
template <typename T, typename U> Modular<T> operator+(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) += rhs; }

template <typename T> Modular<T> operator-(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) -= rhs; }
template <typename T, typename U> Modular<T> operator-(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) -= rhs; }
template <typename T, typename U> Modular<T> operator-(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) -= rhs; }

template <typename T> Modular<T> operator*(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) *= rhs; }
template <typename T, typename U> Modular<T> operator*(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) *= rhs; }
template <typename T, typename U> Modular<T> operator*(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) *= rhs; }

template <typename T> Modular<T> operator/(const Modular<T>& lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) /= rhs; }
template <typename T, typename U> Modular<T> operator/(const Modular<T>& lhs, U rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) /= rhs; }
template <typename T, typename U> Modular<T> operator/(U lhs, const Modular<T>& rhs) { return Modular<T>(lhs) /= rhs; }

template<typename T, typename U>
Modular<T> bexp(const Modular<T>& a, const U& b) {
    assert(b >= 0);
    Modular<T> x = a, res = 1;
    U p = b;
    while (p > 0) {
        if (p & 1) res *= x;
        x *= x;
        p >>= 1;
    }
    return res;
}

template <typename T>
bool IsZero(const Modular<T>& number) {
    return number() == 0;
}

template <typename T>
string to_string(const Modular<T>& number) {
    return to_string(number());
}

template <typename T>
std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& stream, const Modular<T>& number) {
    return stream << number();
}

template <typename T>
std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& stream, Modular<T>& number) {
    typename common_type<typename Modular<T>::Type, int64_t>::type x;
    stream >> x;
    number.value = Modular<T>::normalize(x);
    return stream;
}

/*
using ModType = int;

struct VarMod { static ModType value; };
ModType VarMod::value;
ModType& md = VarMod::value;
using Mint = Modular<VarMod>;
*/

constexpr int md = 998244353;
using Mint = Modular<std::integral_constant<decay<decltype(md)>::type, md>>;


Mint fact[N], invfact[N];

Mint modinv(Mint k)
{
    return bexp(k, md - 2);
}

void precompute()
{
    fact[0] = fact[1] = 1;
    for (int i = 2; i < N; i++)
    {
        fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i;
    }
    invfact[N - 1] = modinv(fact[N - 1]);
    for (int i = N - 2; i >= 0; i--)
    {
        invfact[i] = invfact[i + 1] * (i + 1);
    }
}

Mint nCr(int x, int y)
{
    if (y > x)
        return 0;
    Mint num = fact[x];
    num *= invfact[y];
    num *= invfact[x - y];
    return num;
}
void solve(){
    int n, m , k;
    cin >> n >> m >> k;
    Mint ans = 0;
    for(int i=0 ; i<=k ;i++){
        Mint p = m-1;
        ans+=m*(bexp(p , n-i-1))*nCr(n-1 , i);
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
}

signed main(){
    FAST;
    //TODO:  check test cases.
    int tc=1;
    precompute();
//    cin >> tc;
    for(int t = 1 ; t <= tc ; t++){
        solve();
    }
}

/*Extra Cares
 * 1)In graphs or dp problems sometimes long long creates MLE.
 * 2)Check whether int to long long typecasting is commented or not?
 * 3)Check overflows.
*/

Measured memory_bytes: 27084