#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

//#define int long long
#define all(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define rall(v) (v).rbegin(), (v).rend()
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<n;++i)
#define rep1(i,n) for(int i=1;i<n;++i)
#define exrep(i, a, b) for(ll i = a; i < b; i++)
#define out(x) cout << x << endl
#define EPS (1e-7)
#define gearup ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
typedef long double ld;
typedef long long int ll;
typedef unsigned long long int ull;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<char> vc;
typedef vector<bool> vb;
typedef vector<double> vd;
typedef vector<string> vs;
typedef vector<pair<int,int> > vpii;
typedef vector<vector<int> > vvi;
typedef vector<vector<char> > vvc;
typedef vector<vector<bool> > vvb;
typedef vector<vector<double> > vvd;
typedef vector<vector<string> > vvs;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<vector<ll> > vvl;
typedef vector<vector<vector<ll> > > vvvl;
ll MOD = 998244353;
const long long L_INF = 1LL << 60;
const int INF = 2147483647; // 2^31-1
const double PI = acos(-1);
//cout<<fixed<<setprecision(10);

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;}
template<class T> void debug(T v){rep(i,v.size()) cout<<v[i]<<" ";cout<<endl;}
const ll dx[8] = {1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1, 0, 1};
const ll dy[8] = {0, 1, 1, 1, 0, -1, -1, -1};

struct mint {
    long long x;
    mint(long long x=0):x((x%MOD+MOD)%MOD){}
    mint operator-() const { return mint(-x);}
    mint& operator+=(const mint a) {
        if ((x += a.x) >= MOD) x -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    mint& operator-=(const mint a) {
        if ((x += MOD-a.x) >= MOD) x -= MOD;
    	return *this;
    }
    mint& operator*=(const mint a) {
    	(x *= a.x) %= MOD;
    	return *this;
    }
    mint operator+(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res+=a;
    }
    mint operator-(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res-=a;
    }
    mint operator*(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res*=a;
    }
    mint pow(long long t) const {
        if (!t) return 1;
        mint a = pow(t>>1);
        a *= a;
    	if (t&1) a *= *this;
        return a;
    }
    // for prime MOD
    mint inv() const {
        return pow(MOD-2);
    }
    mint& operator/=(const mint a) {
    	return (*this) *= a.inv();
    }
    mint operator/(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res/=a;
    }
};
 
struct combination {
    vector<mint> fact, ifact;
    combination(long long n):fact(n+1),ifact(n+1) {
        assert(n < MOD);
        fact[0] = 1;
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i) fact[i] = fact[i-1]*i;
        ifact[n] = fact[n].inv();
        for (int i = n; i >= 1; --i) ifact[i-1] = ifact[i]*i;
    }
    mint operator()(long long n, long long k) {
        if (k < 0 || k > n) return 0;
        return fact[n]*ifact[k]*ifact[n-k];
    }
};

signed main()
{   
  gearup;
  ll n,m,k;cin >> n >> m >> k;
  mint res = 0;
  //ブロックの分け方
  //(n-1)C(i)
  //ブロックの色の塗り方
  //m*(m-1)^(n-i-1)
  vector<mint> p(n+1,1);
  rep(i,n)p[i+1] = p[i]*(m-1);
  combination C(n);
  for(ll i=0;i<=k;i++){
    mint block = C(n-1,i); //ブロックの分け方
    mint ans = p[n-i-1]*m; //ブロックの色の塗り方
    mint tmp = block * ans;
    res = res + tmp;
  }
  out(res.x);
}

Measured memory_bytes: 7924