#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i,a) for(int i=(int)0;i<(int)a;++i)
#define rrep(i,a) for(int i=(int)a-1;i>=0;--i)
#define REP(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)a;i<(int)b;++i)
#define RREP(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)a-1;i>=b;--i)
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define all(x) x.begin(),x.end()
#define rall(x) x.rbegin(),x.rend()
using ll=long long;
constexpr ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
constexpr ll INF = 1LL << 60;
 
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
    if (a > b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
    if (a < b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}


ll gcd(ll n, ll m) {
    ll tmp;
    while (m!=0) {
        tmp = n % m;
        n = m;
        m = tmp;
    }
    return n;
}
 
ll lcm(ll n, ll m) {
    return abs(n) / gcd(n, m)*abs(m);//gl=xy
}

using namespace std;

template<int mod>
struct Modint{
    int x;
    Modint():x(0){}
    Modint(int64_t y):x((y%mod+mod)%mod){}

    Modint &operator+=(const Modint &p){
			if((x+=p.x)>=mod)
				x -= mod;
			return *this;
		}

		Modint &operator-=(const Modint &p){
			if((x+=mod-p.x)>=mod)
				x -= mod;
			return *this;
		}

		Modint &operator*=(const Modint &p){
			x = (1LL * x * p.x) % mod;
			return *this;
		}

		Modint &operator/=(const Modint &p){
			*this *= p.inverse();
			return *this;
		}

		Modint operator-() const { return Modint(-x); }
		Modint operator+(const Modint &p) const{
			return Modint(*this) += p;
		}
		Modint operator-(const Modint &p) const{
			return Modint(*this) -= p;
		}
		Modint operator*(const Modint &p) const{
			return Modint(*this) *= p;
		}
		Modint operator/(const Modint &p) const{
			return Modint(*this) /= p;
		}

		bool operator==(const Modint &p) const { return x == p.x; }
		bool operator!=(const Modint &p) const{return x != p.x;}

		Modint inverse() const{//非再帰拡張ユークリッド
			int a = x, b = mod, u = 1, v = 0;
			while(b>0){
				int t = a / b;
				swap(a -= t * b, b);
				swap(u -= t * v, v);
			}
			return Modint(u);
		}

		Modint pow(int64_t n) const{//繰り返し二乗法
			Modint ret(1), mul(x);
			while(n>0){
				if(n&1)
					ret *= mul;
				mul *= mul;
				n >>= 1;
			}
			return ret;
		}

		friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &os,const Modint &p){
			return os << p.x;
		}
};

using modint = Modint<mod>;

template< typename T >
struct Combination {
  vector< T > _fact, _rfact, _inv;

  Combination(int sz) : _fact(sz + 1), _rfact(sz + 1), _inv(sz + 1) {
    _fact[0] = _rfact[sz] = _inv[0] = 1;
    for(int i = 1; i <= sz; i++) _fact[i] = _fact[i - 1] * i;
    _rfact[sz] /= _fact[sz];
    for(int i = sz - 1; i >= 0; i--) _rfact[i] = _rfact[i + 1] * (i + 1);
    for(int i = 1; i <= sz; i++) _inv[i] = _rfact[i] * _fact[i - 1];
  }

  inline T fact(int k) const { return _fact[k]; }

  inline T rfact(int k) const { return _rfact[k]; }

  inline T inv(int k) const { return _inv[k]; }

  T P(int n, int r) const {
    if(r < 0 || n < r) return 0;
    return fact(n) * rfact(n - r);
  }

  T C(int p, int q) const {
    if(q < 0 || p < q) return 0;
    return fact(p) * rfact(q) * rfact(p - q);
  }

  T H(int n, int r) const {
    if(n < 0 || r < 0) return (0);
    return r == 0 ? 1 : C(n + r - 1, r);
  }
};

using MOD = Modint<998244353>;
void solve()
{
	int n, m, k;
	cin >> n >> m >> k;
	MOD ans = 0;
	Combination<MOD> c(3e5);
	rep(i,k+1){
		MOD x = (m - 1);
		x = x.pow(n - i - 1);
		ans += c.C(n - 1, i) * m * x;
	}
	cout << ans;
}

int main(){
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout<<fixed<<setprecision(15);
    solve();
    return 0;
}



Measured memory_bytes: 6632