#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i, start, end) for (long long i = start; i < end; ++i)
#define repreverse(i, start, end) for (long long i = start; i >= end; --i)
#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define len(x) ((long long)(x).size())
#define lcm(a, b) ((a) / __gcd((a), (b)) * (b))
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
using ld = long double;
using vll = vector<ll>;
using vllvll = vector<vll>;
using vc = vector<char>;
using pll = pair<ll, ll>;
template<class T> void print1d(T x,ll n=-1){if(n==-1)n=x.size();rep(i,0,n){cout<<x[i]<<' ';}cout<<'\n';}
template<class T> void print2d(T x,ll r=-1,ll c=-1){if(r==-1)r=x.size();if(c==-1)c=x[0].size();rep(i,0,r)print1d(x[i],c);}
template<class T, class U> bool haskey(T mp, U key) { return mp.find(key) != mp.end(); }
template<class T, class U> bool isin(T el, U container) { return find(all(container), el) != container.end(); }
template<class T> bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) { if (b < a) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> bool even(T n) { return ! (n & 1); }
template<class T> bool odd(T n) { return n & 1; }
template<class T> ll rup(T a, T b) { return a % b ? a / b + 1 : a / b; }
template<class T> ld deg2rad(T deg) { return M_PI * deg / 180.0; }
template<class T> ld rad2deg(T rad) { return 180.0 * rad / M_PI; }
const long double pi = M_PI;
const long long big = 1LL << 50;
const long long inf = 1LL << 60;
const long long mod = 998244353;
ll intpow(ll a, ll n, ll _mod=numeric_limits<ll>::max()) { ll p=1; while (n) { if (n&1) p=p*a%_mod; a=a*a%_mod; n>>=1; } return p; } 
ll modc(ll a, char op, ll b, ll _mod=mod)
{
        a %= _mod; b %= _mod; ll res = 1;
        switch (op) {
        case '+': res = (a + b) % _mod; break;
        case '-': res = (a - b) % _mod; break;
        case '*': res = a * b % _mod; break;
        case '/': res = modc(a, '*', modc(b, '^', _mod-2, _mod), _mod); break;
        case '^': res = intpow(a, b, _mod); break;
        case 'P': rep(i, a-b+1, a+1) res = modc(res, '*', i, _mod); break;
        case 'C': res = modc(modc(a, 'P', b, _mod), '/', modc(b, 'P', b, _mod)); break;
        } 
        if (res < 0) { res += _mod; } return res;
}


/**
 * Compute the number of all combinations 
 */
const long long _COMBMAX = 10101010;
bool _COMBINIT = false;
std::vector<long long> _c_f(_COMBMAX), _c_fi(_COMBMAX), _c_i(_COMBMAX);
long long comb(long long a, long long b, long long _mod=mod)
{
        if (not _COMBINIT) {
                _c_f[0] = _c_f[1] = _c_fi[0] = _c_fi[1] = _c_i[1] = 1;
                for (long long i = 2; i < _COMBMAX; ++i) {
                        _c_f[i] = _c_f[i-1] * i % _mod;
                        _c_i[i] = _mod - _c_i[_mod%i] * (_mod/i) % _mod;
                        _c_fi[i] = _c_fi[i-1] * _c_i[i] % _mod;
                }
        }
        _COMBINIT = true;

        if (a < b or a < 0 or b < 0) return 0;
        return _c_f[a] * (_c_fi[b] * _c_fi[a-b] % _mod) % _mod;
}
/**
 * End
 */

int main()
{
        ll N, M, K;
        cin >> N >> M >> K;
        
        ll ans = 0;

        rep(k, 0, K+1) {
            ll cm = comb(N-1, k);
            ll x = M;
            ll y = modc(M-1, '^', N-k-1);
        //     y = modc(y, '*', modc())
        //     ll tmp = modc(x, '*', y);
        //     ans = modc(ans, '+', tmp);
            ll d = modc(cm, '*', x);
            d = modc(d, '*', y);
            ans = modc(ans, '+', d);
        }

        cout << ans << endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 239912