#include <bits/stdc++.h>
 
using namespace std;
 
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> power(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>;
 
int main() {
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  md = 998244353;
  int n,m,k;
  cin >> n >> m >> k;
  const int N = 2e5 + 1;
  vector<Mint> f(N);
  f[0] = 1;
  for (int i = 1;i < N;i++) f[i] = f[i-1] * i;
  vector<Mint> rev(N);
  rev[N-1] = 1 / f[N-1];
  for (int i = N-1;i;i--) rev[i-1] = rev[i] * i;
  auto C = [&](int k,int n) {return f[n] * rev[n-k] * rev[k];};
  Mint ans = 0;
  for (int i = 0;i <= k;i++) {
  	ans += C(i,n-1) * m * power(Mint(m-1),n-i-1);
	}
	cout << ans;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 4740