#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define debug(x) cout << #x << '=' << x << '\n'
//const long long MOD=1e9+7;
const long long MOD=998244353;
const int INF=1e9;
const long long IINF=1e18;
const int dx[4]={1,0,-1,0},dy[4]={0,1,0,-1};
const char dir[4]={'D','R','U','L'};

template<typename T>
istream &operator>>(istream &is,vector<T> &v){
    for (T &x:v) is >> x;
    return is;
}
template<typename T>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os,const vector<T> &v){
    for (int i=0;i<v.size();++i){
        os << v[i] << (i+1==v.size()?"": " ");
    }
    return os;
}
template<typename T,typename U>
ostream &operator<<(ostream &os,const pair<T,U> &p){
    cout << '(' << p.first << ',' << p.second << ')';
    return os;
}

template<class T1,class T2> inline bool chmin(T1 &a,T2 b){
    if (a>b){a=b; return true;} return false;
}
template<class T1,class T2> inline bool chmax(T1 &a,T2 b){
    if (a<b){a=b; return true;} return false;
}

template<uint_fast64_t Modulus> class modint{
    using u64=uint_fast64_t;
    public:
    u64 a;
    constexpr modint(const u64 x=0) noexcept:a(((x%Modulus)+Modulus)%Modulus){}
    constexpr u64 &value() noexcept{return a;}
    constexpr const u64 &value() const noexcept{return a;}
    constexpr modint &operator+=(const modint &rhs) noexcept{
        a+=rhs.a;
        if (a>=Modulus) a-=Modulus;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr modint operator+(const modint &rhs) const noexcept{
        return modint(*this)+=rhs;
    }
    constexpr modint &operator++() noexcept{
        return ++a,*this;
    }
    constexpr modint operator++(int) noexcept{
        modint t=*this; return ++a,t;
    }
    constexpr modint &operator-=(const modint &rhs) noexcept{
        if (a<rhs.a) a+=Modulus;
        a-=rhs.a;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr modint operator-(const modint &rhs) const noexcept{
        return modint(*this)-=rhs;
    }
    constexpr modint &operator--() noexcept{
        return --a,*this;
    }
    constexpr modint operator--(int) noexcept{
        modint t=*this; return --a,t;
    }
    constexpr modint &operator*=(const modint &rhs) noexcept{
        a=a*rhs.a%Modulus;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr modint operator*(const modint &rhs) const noexcept{
        return modint(*this)*=rhs;
    }
    constexpr modint &operator/=(modint rhs) noexcept{
        u64 exp=Modulus-2;
        while(exp){
            if (exp&1) *this*=rhs;
            rhs*=rhs; exp>>=1;
        }
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr modint operator/(const modint &rhs) const noexcept{
        return modint(*this)/=rhs;
    }
    constexpr modint operator-() const noexcept{
        return modint(Modulus-a);
    }
    constexpr bool operator==(const modint &rhs) const noexcept{
        return a==rhs.a;
    }
    constexpr bool operator!=(const modint &rhs) const noexcept{
        return a!=rhs.a;
    }
    constexpr bool operator!() const noexcept{return !a;}
    friend constexpr modint pow(modint rhs,long long exp) noexcept{
        modint res{1};
        while(exp){
            if (exp&1) res*=rhs;
            rhs*=rhs; exp>>=1;
        }
        return res;
    }
    template<class T> friend constexpr modint operator+(T x,modint y) noexcept{
        return modint(x)+y;
    }
    template<class T> friend constexpr modint operator-(T x,modint y) noexcept{
        return modint(x)-y;
    }
    template<class T> friend constexpr modint operator*(T x,modint y) noexcept{
        return modint(x)*y;
    }
    template<class T> friend constexpr modint operator/(T x,modint y) noexcept{
        return modint(x)/y;
    }
    friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &s,const modint &rhs) noexcept{
        return s << rhs.a;
    }
    friend istream &operator>>(istream &s,modint &rhs) noexcept{
        u64 a; rhs=modint{(s >> a,a)}; return s;
    }
};

using mint=modint<MOD>;

const int MAX=5e5+10;
vector<mint> fac(MAX),finv(MAX),inv(MAX);
void COMinit(){
    fac[0]=fac[1]=1;
    finv[0]=finv[1]=1;
    inv[1]=1;
    for (int i=2;i<MAX;++i){
        fac[i]=fac[i-1]*i;
        inv[i]=-inv[MOD%i]*(MOD/i);
        finv[i]=finv[i-1]*inv[i];
    }
}
mint COM(int n,int k){
    if (n<k||n<0||k<0) return 0;
    return fac[n]*finv[k]*finv[n-k];
}

//Be careful with the value of MAX and conducting COMinit()

int main(){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    COMinit();
    int N,M,K; cin >> N >> M >> K;
    mint ans=0;
    for (int i=0;i<=K;++i) ans+=pow((mint)M-1,N-i-1)*M*COM(N-1,i);
    cout << ans << '\n';
}

Measured memory_bytes: 15012