use proconio::input;

#[allow(unused_imports)]
use proconio::marker::{Bytes, Chars, Usize1};
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::cmp::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::collections::*;
#[allow(unused_imports)]
use std::ops::*;

#[derive(Clone, Debug, Default)]
struct Struct;



//
// ModInt
//

const M: i64 = 998244353;
#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Copy)]
struct ModInt {
    val: i64,
}
#[allow(dead_code)]
const M0: ModInt = ModInt { val: 0 };
const M1: ModInt = ModInt { val: 1 };
//const M_ERROR: ModInt = ModInt { val: -1 };

impl ModInt {
    fn new(v: i64) -> ModInt {
        ModInt {
            val: ModInt::val_from_i64(v),
        }
    }
    fn val_from_i64(v: i64) -> i64 {
        let t = v % M;
        if t < 0 {
            t + M
        } else {
            t
        }
    }
    fn val_from_addval(t: i64) -> i64 {
        if t >= M {
            t - M
        } else {
            t
        }
    }

    fn pow(self, exp: i64) -> ModInt {
        if exp == 0 {
            M1
        } else {
            let x = self.pow(exp / 2);
            if exp % 2 == 0 {
                x * x
            } else {
                self * x * x
            }
        }
    }

    fn inv(self) -> ModInt {
        self.pow(M - 2)
    }
}

impl std::ops::Add for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn add(self, rhs: ModInt) -> ModInt {
        ModInt {
            val: ModInt::val_from_addval(self.val + rhs.val),
        }
    }
}
impl std::ops::Add<i64> for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn add(self, rhs: i64) -> ModInt {
        ModInt {
            val: ModInt::val_from_i64(self.val + rhs),
        }
    }
}
impl std::ops::AddAssign for ModInt {
    fn add_assign(&mut self, other: ModInt) {
        self.val = ModInt::val_from_addval(self.val + other.val);
    }
}
impl std::ops::AddAssign<i64> for ModInt {
    fn add_assign(&mut self, other: i64) {
        self.val = ModInt::val_from_i64(self.val + other);
    }
}

impl std::ops::Sub for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn sub(self, rhs: ModInt) -> ModInt {
        ModInt {
            val: ModInt::val_from_addval(self.val - rhs.val + M)
        }
    }
}
impl std::ops::Sub<i64> for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn sub(self, rhs: i64) -> ModInt {
        self - ModInt::new(rhs)
    }
}
impl std::ops::SubAssign for ModInt {
    fn sub_assign(&mut self, other: ModInt) {
        self.val = ModInt::val_from_addval(self.val - other.val + M);
    }
}
impl std::ops::SubAssign<i64> for ModInt {
    fn sub_assign(&mut self, other: i64) {
        self.val = ModInt::val_from_i64(self.val - other);
    }
}

impl std::ops::Neg for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn neg(self) -> ModInt {
        ModInt {
            val: if self.val == 0 { 0 } else { M - self.val },
        }
    }
}

impl std::ops::Mul for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn mul(self, rhs: ModInt) -> ModInt {
        ModInt {
            val: self.val * rhs.val % M,
        }
    }
}
impl std::ops::Mul<i64> for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn mul(self, rhs: i64) -> ModInt {
        self * ModInt::new(rhs)
    }
}
impl std::ops::MulAssign for ModInt {
    fn mul_assign(&mut self, other: ModInt) {
        self.val = self.val * other.val % M;
    }
}
impl std::ops::MulAssign<i64> for ModInt {
    fn mul_assign(&mut self, other: i64) {
        self.val = self.val * (other % M) % M;
    }
}

impl std::ops::Div for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn div(self, rhs: ModInt) -> ModInt {
        self * rhs.inv()
    }
}
impl std::ops::Div<i64> for ModInt {
    type Output = ModInt;
    fn div(self, rhs: i64) -> ModInt {
        self / ModInt::new(rhs)
    }
}

impl std::fmt::Display for ModInt {
    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
        write!(f, "{}", self.val)
    }
}

//
// nCr
//
#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
struct Comb {
    fac: Vec<ModInt>,
    finv: Vec<ModInt>,
    inv: Vec<ModInt>,
}

#[allow(dead_code)]
impl Comb {
    fn new(size: usize) -> Comb {
        let mut fac = vec![M1; size];
        let mut finv = vec![M1; size];
        let mut inv = vec![M1; size];

        for i in 2..size {
            fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * (i as i64);
            inv[i] = -inv[M as usize % i] * (M / (i as i64));
            finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i];
        }

        return Comb {
            fac: fac,
            finv: finv,
            inv: inv,
        };
    }
}
trait CombC<T> {
    fn c(&self, n: T, k: T) -> ModInt;
    fn p(&self, n: T, k: T) -> ModInt;
}

impl CombC<usize> for Comb {
    fn c(&self, n: usize, k: usize) -> ModInt {
        if n < k {
            M0
        } else {
            self.fac[n] * self.finv[k] * self.finv[n - k]
        }
    }
    fn p(&self, n: usize, k: usize) -> ModInt {
        if n < k {
            M0
        } else {
            self.fac[n] * self.finv[n - k]
        }
    }
}

impl CombC<i64> for Comb {
    fn c(&self, n: i64, k: i64) -> ModInt {
        if n < 0 || k < 0 || n < k {
            M0
        } else {
            self.c(n as usize, k as usize)
        }
    }
    fn p(&self, n: i64, k: i64) -> ModInt {
        if n < 0 || k < 0 || n < k {
            M0
        } else {
            self.p(n as usize, k as usize)
        }
    }
}







//#[proconio::fastout]
fn main() {
    input! {
        n: usize,
        m: usize,
        k: usize,
    }

    let c = Comb::new(200005);
    let mut m1p = vec![M1;n+1];
    for i in 1..=n {
        m1p[i] = m1p[i-1] * (m-1) as i64;
    }

    /* 左端の塗り方 m通り
       それ以外: 1通りの塗り方をj回、(m-1)通りの塗り方を n-1-j回 の組み合わせ
          0<=j<=k 
       m * (n-1)C(j) * 1^j * (m-1)^(n-1-j)  
    */
    let mut ans = M0;
    for j in 0..=k {
        ans += ModInt::new(m as i64) * c.c(n-1,j) * m1p[n-1-j];
    }

    println!("{}", ans);
}



Measured memory_bytes: 8296