/*
   Created by Rahul Goel.
*/
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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <stack>
#include <algorithm>
#include <cmath>
#include <set>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
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using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
ll mod = 998244353;
const int INF = 1e9;
const ll LINF = 1e18;
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/*
.-.. . -. -.- .- / .. ... / .-.. --- ...- . -.-.--
 */
/* For PBDS */
/*Two new methods X.order_of_key() and X.find_by_order()*/
/*
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include<ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include<ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
template<typename T>
using ordered_set = tree<T, null_type, less<T>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update>;
*/

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ll mod_sum() { return 0LL; }
template<typename T, typename... Args>
T mod_sum(T a, Args... args) { return ((a + mod_sum(args...))%mod + mod)%mod; }

ll mod_prod() { return 1LL; }
template<typename T, typename... Args>
T mod_prod(T a, Args... args) { return (a*mod_prod(args...))%mod; }
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using pii = pair < ll, ll >;
using vi = vector < ll >;
using vb = vector < bool >;
using vvi = vector < vector < ll > >;
using vvb = vector < vector < bool > >;
using vpii = vector < pii >;
using vvpii = vector < vector < pii > >;
#ifdef ONLINE_JUDGE
#define endl '\n'
#endif
#define fastio          ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); cin.tie(0); cout.tie(0)
#define all(c)          (c).begin(), (c).end()
#define present(c,x)    ((c).find(x) != (c).end())
#define cpresent(c,x)   (find(all(c),x) != (c).end())
#define uniq(c)         (c).resize(distance((c).begin(), unique(all(c))))
#define min_pq(t)       priority_queue < t, vector < t >, greater < t > >
#define max_pq(t)       priority_queue < t >
#define pb              push_back
#define ff              first
#define ss              second
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/*
    Code begins after this.
*/

vi fac(1e6 + 5);

ll power(ll x, ll y){
    ll ret = 1;
    while(y){
        if(y&1)
            ret = mod_prod(ret, x);
        y >>= 1;
        x = mod_prod(x, x);
    }
    return ret;
}

ll inv(ll x){
    return power(x, mod-2);
}

ll choose(ll n, ll r){
    ll ret = fac[n];
    ret = mod_prod(ret, inv(fac[n-r]));
    ret = mod_prod(ret, inv(fac[r]));
    return ret;
}

ll solve(){

    fac[0] = 1;
    for(ll i=1; i<(ll)fac.size(); i++)
        fac[i] = mod_prod(i, fac[i-1]);

    ll n, m, k;
    cin >> n >> m >> k;

    ll ans = 0;
    for(ll i=0; i<=k; i++)
        ans = mod_sum(ans, mod_prod(m, choose(n-1, i), power(m-1, n-1-i)));

    cout << ans << endl;
    return 0;
}


signed main(){
    fastio;

    ll t = 1;
    while(t--)
        solve();

    return 0;
}

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// Remeber - In a custom comparator cmp(a, b) a==b must always return to false.



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