/**
 *    author:   K.R.Surrya  
 *    created:  12/05/2020 11:06:14
**/
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define vi vector<int>
#define vii vector<vector<int> >
#define vpi vector<pair<int,int> >
#define rep(i, begin, end) for (__typeof(end) i = (begin) - ((begin) > (end)); i != (end) - ((begin) > (end)); i += 1 - 2 * ((begin) > (end)))
#define pb push_back
using namespace std; 

#define error(args...) { string _s = #args; replace(_s.begin(), _s.end(), ',', ' '); stringstream _ss(_s); istream_iterator<string> _it(_ss); err(_it, args); }
void err(istream_iterator<string> it)  { return ;}
template<typename T, typename... Args>
void err(istream_iterator<string> it, T a,Args... args)
{
    cerr << *it << " = " << a <<endl;
    err(++it,args...);   //args is going to end.
}
template <int mod>
struct ModInt
{
    using lint = long long;
    static int get_mod() { return mod; }
    static int get_primitive_root() {
        static int primitive_root = 0;
        if (!primitive_root) {
            primitive_root = [&](){
                std::set<int> fac;
                int v = mod - 1;
                for (lint i = 2; i * i <= v; i++) while (v % i == 0) fac.insert(i), v /= i;
                if (v > 1) fac.insert(v);
                for (int g = 1; g < mod; g++) {
                    bool ok = true;
                    for (auto i : fac) if (ModInt(g).power((mod - 1) / i) == 1) { ok = false; break; }
                    if (ok) return g;
                }
                return -1;
            }();
        }
        return primitive_root;
    }
    int val;
    constexpr ModInt() : val(0) {}
    constexpr ModInt &_setval(lint v) { val = (v >= mod ? v - mod : v); return *this; }
    constexpr ModInt(lint v) { _setval(v % mod + mod); }
    explicit operator bool() const { return val != 0; }
    constexpr ModInt operator+(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val + x.val); }
    constexpr ModInt operator-(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val - x.val + mod); }
    constexpr ModInt operator*(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val * x.val % mod); }
    constexpr ModInt operator/(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val * x.inv() % mod); }
    constexpr ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt()._setval(mod - val); }
    constexpr ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this + x; }
    constexpr ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this - x; }
    constexpr ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this * x; }
    constexpr ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this / x; }
    friend constexpr ModInt operator+(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod + x.val); }
    friend constexpr ModInt operator-(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod - x.val + mod); }
    friend constexpr ModInt operator*(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod * x.val % mod); }
    friend constexpr ModInt operator/(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod * x.inv() % mod); }
    constexpr bool operator==(const ModInt &x) const { return val == x.val; }
    constexpr bool operator!=(const ModInt &x) const { return val != x.val; }
    bool operator<(const ModInt &x) const { return val < x.val; }  // To use std::map<ModInt, T>
    friend std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &is, ModInt &x) { lint t; is >> t; x = ModInt(t); return is; }
    friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const ModInt &x) { os << x.val;  return os; }
    constexpr lint power(lint n) const {
        lint ans = 1, tmp = this->val;
        while (n) {
            if (n & 1) ans = ans * tmp % mod;
            tmp = tmp * tmp % mod;
            n /= 2;
        }
        return ans;
    }
    constexpr lint inv() const { return this->power(mod - 2); }
    constexpr ModInt operator^(lint n) const { return ModInt(this->power(n)); }
    constexpr ModInt &operator^=(lint n) { return *this = *this ^ n; }
 
    inline ModInt fac() const {
        static std::vector<ModInt> facs;
        int l0 = facs.size();
        if (l0 > this->val) return facs[this->val];
 
        facs.resize(this->val + 1);
        for (int i = l0; i <= this->val; i++) facs[i] = (i == 0 ? ModInt(1) : facs[i - 1] * ModInt(i));
        return facs[this->val];
    }
 
    ModInt doublefac() const {
        lint k = (this->val + 1) / 2;
        if (this->val & 1) return ModInt(k * 2).fac() / ModInt(2).power(k) / ModInt(k).fac();
        else return ModInt(k).fac() * ModInt(2).power(k);
    }
 
    ModInt nCr(const ModInt &r) const {
        if (this->val < r.val) return ModInt(0);
        return this->fac() / ((*this - r).fac() * r.fac());
    }
 
    ModInt sqrt() const {
        if (val == 0) return 0;
        if (mod == 2) return val;
        if (power((mod - 1) / 2) != 1) return 0;
        ModInt b = 1;
        while (b.power((mod - 1) / 2) == 1) b += 1;
        int e = 0, m = mod - 1;
        while (m % 2 == 0) m >>= 1, e++;
        ModInt x = power((m - 1) / 2), y = (*this) * x * x;
        x *= (*this);
        ModInt z = b.power(m);
        while (y != 1) {
            int j = 0;
            ModInt t = y;
            while (t != 1) j++, t *= t;
            z = z.power(1LL << (e - j - 1));
            x *= z, z *= z, y *= z;
            e = j;
        }
        return ModInt(std::min(x.val, mod - x.val));
    }
};
using mint = ModInt<998244353>;
void solve() { 
    int n,m,K;
    cin >> n >> m >> K;
    mint ret=0;
    for(int k=0;k<=K;k=k+1) {
        ret+=(mint(m)*mint(n-1).nCr(k)*mint(m-1).power(n-1-k));
    }
    cout << ret << '\n';
    
}
int main()
{   
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(NULL);

     //freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
     //freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);


     auto start = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
     solve();
     auto end = chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();

     cerr << " Execution time : " << chrono::duration_cast<chrono::milliseconds>(end-start).count()<<"ms"<<endl;

   
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 4060