// #pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
// #pragma GCC target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,avx2,tune=native")
// #pragma GCC optimize("unroll-loops")
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

#define FAST std::ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);cin.tie(0);cout.tie(0);
#define DECIMAL(n)  std::cout << std::fixed;std::cout << std::setprecision(n);
#define hell 1000000007
#define narak 998244353
#define PI 3.14159265358979323844
#define mp make_pair
#define eb emplace_back
#define pb push_back
#define fi first 
#define se second
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define endl "\n"
#define sqr(a) (a)*(a)
#define __lcm(m,n) m*(n/__gcd(m,n))
#define inputarr(a,n) for(int xxx=0;xxx<n;++xxx) cin>>(a)[xxx]
#define sz(a) (int)a.size()
#define sl(a) (int)a.length()
#define display(x) for(auto &a:x) cout<<a<<" ";cout<<endl
#define debug cerr<<"bhau"<<endl
#define between(n,a,b) (a<=n&&n<=b)
#define elasped_time 1.0 * clock() / CLOCKS_PER_SEC 

#define trace(...) __f(#__VA_ARGS__, __VA_ARGS__)
template <typename Arg1>
void __f(const char* name, Arg1&& arg1){
    std::cerr << name << " : " << arg1 << endl;
}
template <typename Arg1, typename... Args>
void __f(const char* names, Arg1&& arg1, Args&&... args){
    const char* comma = strchr(names + 1, ',');std::cerr.write(names, comma - names) << " : " << arg1<<" | ";__f(comma+1, args...);
}


template<typename T, typename U> static inline void amin(T &x, U y) { 
    if (y < x) 
        x = y; 
}

template<typename T, typename U> static inline void amax(T &x, U y) { 
    if (x < y) 
        x = y; 
}

template<typename T,typename U> std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& out, std::pair<T,U> a) {
    out<<a.fi<<" "<<a.se;
    return out;
}

template<typename T,typename U> std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& in, std::pair<T,U> &a) {
    in>>a.fi>>a.se;
    return in;
}

inline long long toint(const std::string &s) {std::stringstream ss; ss << s; long long x; ss >> x; return x;}
inline std::string tostring(long long number) {std::stringstream ss; ss << number; return ss.str();}
inline std::string tobin(long long x) {return std::bitset<63>(x).to_string();}

std::mt19937_64 rng(std::chrono::steady_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());

#define ll long long
#define pii std::pair<int, int>
#define vi vector<int>  
#define vvi vector<vi > 
#define vii vector<pii >
#define point complex<ll>
#define ordered_set tree<int, null_type,less<int>, rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update> 

/*----------------------Graph Moves----------------*/
//const int fx[]={+1,-1,+0,+0};
//const int fy[]={+0,+0,+1,-1};
//const int fx[]={+0,+0,+1,-1,-1,+1,-1,+1};   // Kings Move
//const int fy[]={-1,+1,+0,+0,+1,+1,-1,-1};  // Kings Move
//const int fx[]={-2, -2, -1, -1,  1,  1,  2,  2};  // Knights Move
//const int fy[]={-1,  1, -2,  2, -2,  2, -1,  1}; // Knights Move
/*------------------------------------------------*/

//primes for hashing 937,991,1013,1409,1741

using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;

const int MOD = narak;
struct mod_int {
    int val;
 
    mod_int(long long v = 0) {
        if (v < 0) v = v % MOD + MOD;
        if (v >= MOD) v %= MOD;
        val = v;
    }
 
    static int mod_inv(int a, int m = MOD) {
        // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_Euclidean_algorithm#Example
        int g = m, r = a, x = 0, y = 1;
 
        while (r != 0) {
            int q = g / r;
            g %= r; swap(g, r);
            x -= q * y; swap(x, y);
        }
 
        return x < 0 ? x + m : x;
    }
 
    explicit operator int() const {
        return val;
    }
 
    mod_int& operator+=(const mod_int &other) {
        val += other.val;
        if (val >= MOD) val -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
 
    mod_int& operator-=(const mod_int &other) {
        val -= other.val;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
 
    static unsigned fast_mod(uint64_t x, unsigned m = MOD) {
#if !defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
        return x % m;
#endif
        // Optimized mod for Codeforces 32-bit machines.
        // x must be less than 2^32 * m for this to work, so that x / m fits in a 32-bit integer.
        unsigned x_high = x >> 32, x_low = (unsigned) x;
        unsigned quot, rem;
        asm("divl %4\n"
            : "=a" (quot), "=d" (rem)
            : "d" (x_high), "a" (x_low), "r" (m));
        return rem;
    }
 
    mod_int& operator*=(const mod_int &other) {
        val = fast_mod((uint64_t) val * other.val);
        return *this;
    }
 
    mod_int& operator/=(const mod_int &other) {
        return *this *= other.inv();
    }
 
    friend mod_int operator+(const mod_int &a, const mod_int &b) { return mod_int(a) += b; }
    friend mod_int operator-(const mod_int &a, const mod_int &b) { return mod_int(a) -= b; }
    friend mod_int operator*(const mod_int &a, const mod_int &b) { return mod_int(a) *= b; }
    friend mod_int operator/(const mod_int &a, const mod_int &b) { return mod_int(a) /= b; }
 
    mod_int& operator++() {
        val = val == MOD - 1 ? 0 : val + 1;
        return *this;
    }
 
    mod_int& operator--() {
        val = val == 0 ? MOD - 1 : val - 1;
        return *this;
    }
 
    mod_int operator++(int) { mod_int before = *this; ++*this; return before; }
    mod_int operator--(int) { mod_int before = *this; --*this; return before; }
 
    mod_int operator-() const {
        return val == 0 ? 0 : MOD - val;
    }
 
    bool operator==(const mod_int &other) const { return val == other.val; }
    bool operator!=(const mod_int &other) const { return val != other.val; }
 
    mod_int inv() const {
        return mod_inv(val);
    }
 
    mod_int pow(long long p) const {
        assert(p >= 0);
        mod_int a = *this, result = 1;
 
        while (p > 0) {
            if (p & 1)
                result *= a;
 
            a *= a;
            p >>= 1;
        }
 
        return result;
    }
 
    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream &stream, const mod_int &m) {
        return stream << m.val;
    }
    friend istream& operator>>(istream &stream, mod_int &m) {
        return stream >> m.val;
    }
};
mod_int fact[1000006],invfact[1000006];
mod_int ncr(int n,int r){
    if(n<r)return 0;
    if(n<0)return 0;
    return fact[n]*invfact[r]*invfact[n-r];
}
mod_int ways[2*100005];
void meowmeow321()
{
    int n,m,k;
    cin>>n>>m>>k;
    mod_int ans=0;
    ways[1]=m;
    for (int i = 2; i <=n ; ++i) {
        ways[i]=ways[i-1]*(m-1);
    }
    for (int i = n-k; i <=n; ++i) {
        ans+=ncr(n-1,i-1)*ways[i];
    }
    cout<<ans;
}
signed main()
{
    FAST;
    int testcases=1;
    //cin>>testcases;
    fact[0]=invfact[0]=1;
    for (int i = 1; i < 1000006; ++i) {
        fact[i]=fact[i-1]*i;
        invfact[i]=fact[i].inv();
    }
    for(int i=0;i<testcases;++i)
    {
        meowmeow321();
    }
    cerr<<endl<<"Time Elasped : "<<elasped_time<<endl;
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 12416