#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;
#define REP(i, n) for (int i=0; i<(n); ++i)
#define RREP(i, n) for (int i=(int)(n)-1; i>=0; --i)
#define FOR(i, a, n) for (int i=(a); i<(n); ++i)
#define RFOR(i, a, n) for (int i=(int)(n)-1; i>=(a); --i)

#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()

#define DUMP(x) cerr<<#x<<" = "<<(x)<<endl
#define DEBUG(x) cerr<<#x<<" = "<<(x)<<" (L"<<__LINE__<<")"<<endl;

template<class T>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector <T> &v) {
    os << "[";
    REP(i, SZ(v)) {
        if (i) os << ", ";
        os << v[i];
    }
    return os << "]";
}

template<class T, class U>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const pair <T, U> &p) {
    return os << "(" << p.first << " " << p.second << ")";
}

template<class T>
bool chmax(T &a, const T &b) {
    if (a < b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

template<class T>
bool chmin(T &a, const T &b) {
    if (b < a) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}

using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using ld = long double;
using P = pair<int, int>;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vvll = vector<vll>;

const ll MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const int INF = INT_MAX / 2;
const ll LINF = LLONG_MAX / 2;
const ld eps = 1e-9;

template<int64_t mod>
struct modint {
    using LL = int64_t;
    LL val;
    modint(LL val=0) : val(((val % mod) + mod) % mod) {}

    const modint operator+() const { return *this; }
    const modint operator-() const { return (-val + mod) % mod; }
    const modint inv() const { return pow(mod-2); }

    modint& operator+=(const modint& rhs) {
        (val += rhs.val) %= mod;
        return *this;
    }
    modint& operator-=(const modint& rhs) {
        return *this += -rhs;
    }
    modint& operator*=(const modint& rhs) {
        (val *= rhs.val) %= mod;
        return *this;
    }
    modint& operator/=(const modint& rhs) {
        return *this *= rhs.inv();
    }

    const modint operator+(const modint& rhs) const {
        return modint(*this) += rhs;
    }
    const modint operator-(const modint& rhs) const {
        return modint(*this) -= rhs;
    }
    const modint operator*(const modint& rhs) const {
        return modint(*this) *= rhs;
    }
    const modint operator/(const modint& rhs) const {
        return modint(*this) /= rhs;
    }

    const modint pow(LL n) const {
        modint ret = 1, tmp = val;
        while (n) {
            if (n & 1) ret *= tmp;
            tmp *= tmp; n >>= 1;
        }
        return ret;
    }

    bool operator==(const modint& rhs) const { return val == rhs.val; }
    bool operator!=(const modint& rhs) const { return !(*this == rhs); }

    friend const modint operator+(const LL& lhs, const modint& rhs) {
        return modint(lhs) + rhs;
    }
    friend const modint operator-(const LL& lhs, const modint& rhs) {
        return modint(lhs) - rhs;
    }
    friend const modint operator*(const LL& lhs, const modint& rhs) {
        return modint(lhs) * rhs;
    }
    friend const modint operator/(const LL& lhs, const modint& rhs) {
        return modint(lhs) / rhs;
    }

    friend bool operator==(const LL& lhs, const modint& rhs) {
        return modint(lhs) == rhs;
    }
    friend bool operator!=(const LL& lhs, const modint& rhs) {
        return modint(lhs) != rhs;
    }

    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const modint& a) {
        return os << a.val;
    }
    friend istream& operator>>(istream& is, modint& a) {
        LL tmp; is >> tmp;
        a = tmp;
        return is;
    }
};

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

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

    inline Field fact(int k) const { return _fact.at(k); }

    inline Field rfact(int k) const { return _rfact.at(k); }

    inline Field inv(int k) const { assert(k != 0); return _inv.at(k); }

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

    Field C(int n, int r) const {
        if (r < 0 or n < r) return 0;
        return fact(n) * rfact(r) * rfact(n-r);
    }

    Field H (int n, int r) const {
        return (n == 0 and r == 0) ? 1 : C(n+r-1, r);
    }
};


int main() {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << fixed << setprecision(10);

    // ifstream in("in.txt");
    // cin.rdbuf(in.rdbuf());

    using Int = modint<998244353>;

    int N, M, K; cin >> N >> M >> K;

    Combination<Int> comb(N);
    Int ans = 0;
    REP(k, K+1) {
        ans += comb.H(N - k, k) * Int{M-1}.pow(N - k - 1) * M;

    }
    cout << ans << endl;

    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 7912