#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long LL;
typedef long double ld;
typedef vector<ll>VI;
typedef pair<ll,ll>P;
#define VV(T) vector<vector<T>>
#define sz(x) int(x.size())
#define PI 3.1415926535897932384626433832795
#define rep(i, n) for (ll i = 0; i < (ll)n; i++)
#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define rALL(a) (a).rbegin(),(a).rend()
#define c_max(a, b) (((ll)a)>((ll)b)?(a):(b))
#define c_min(a,b) (((ll)a)<((ll)b)?(a):(b))
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
#define vmax(v) *max_element(ALL(v))
#define vmin(v) *min_element(ALL(v))
#define $(x) {cout<<#x<<" = " <<(x)<<endl;}
#define fi first
#define se second
#define MAX 100100//5
#define MAX2 200100
#define MAX6 1001001//6
#define MAX7 10010010//7
#define SENTINEL 2000000000//9
const int MOD = 998244353;
#define INF 1<<30
#define INFTY 1LL<<61
#define MAX_INT INT_MAX
#define Endl '\n'
#define CLR(mat) memset(mat, 0, sizeof(mat))
inline ll GCD(ll a,ll b){return b?GCD(b,a%b):a;}
inline ll lcm(ll a,ll b){return a*b/GCD(a,b);}
template<class T> bool contain(const std::string& s, const T& v) {
   return s.find(v) != std::string::npos;
}
using Edge=pair<int,ll>;
using Graph=vector<vector<ll> >;//ll or Edge
//const int dx[4]={1,0,-1,0},dy[4]={0,1,0,-1};
// sort_reverse -> greater<long long>()
// vector型から重複を削除 list.erase(unique(ALL(list)),list.end());
// g++ -o a a.cpp -Wall -lm -std=c++17
//push_back -> emplace_back
inline ll mod_add(ll a,ll b){return (a+b)%MOD;}
inline ll mod_sub(ll a,ll b){return (a+MOD-b)%MOD;}
inline ll mod_mul(ll a,ll b){return ((a%MOD)*(b%MOD))%MOD;}
inline ll mod_pow(ll x,ll n,ll mod=(ll)MOD){ll res=1;while(n>0){
if(n&1)res=res*x%mod;
x=x*x%mod;n>>=1;}return res;}
inline ll mod_inv(ll x){return mod_pow(x,MOD-2);}
inline ll mod_div(ll a, ll b){return mod_mul(a,mod_inv(b));}
//using Graph=vector<vector<int> >;//int と P

const ll mod=998244353;
struct mint {
  ll x; // typedef long long ll;
  mint(ll 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 { return mint(*this) += a;}
  mint operator-(const mint a) const { return mint(*this) -= a;}
  mint operator*(const mint a) const { return mint(*this) *= a;}
  mint pow(ll 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 { return mint(*this) /= a;}
};
istream& operator>>(istream& is, mint& a) { return is >> a.x;}
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const mint& a) { return os << a.x;}
struct combination {
  vector<mint> fact, ifact;
  combination(int 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()(int n, int k) {
    if (k < 0 || k > n) return 0;
    return fact[n]*ifact[k]*ifact[n-k];
  }
} c(200005);
 

int main(){
   ll n,m,k;cin>>n>>m>>k;
   mint ans=0;
   rep(i,k+1){
      mint res=1;
      res*=c(n-1,i);
      res*=m;
      res*=mod_pow(m-1,n-i-1);
      ans+=res;
   }
   cout<<ans<<endl;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 6196