#include<bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i,a) for(int i=(int)0;i<(int)a;++i)
#define rrep(i,a) for(int i=(int)a-1;i>=0;--i)
#define REP(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)a;i<(int)b;++i)
#define RREP(i,a,b) for(int i=(int)a-1;i>=b;--i)
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define all(x) x.begin(),x.end()
#define rall(x) x.rbegin(),x.rend()
using ll=long long;
constexpr ll mod = 1e9 + 7;
constexpr ll INF = 1LL << 60;
 
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) {
    if (a > b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) {
    if (a < b) {
        a = b;
        return true;
    }
    return false;
}


ll gcd(ll n, ll m) {
    ll tmp;
    while (m!=0) {
        tmp = n % m;
        n = m;
        m = tmp;
    }
    return n;
}
 
ll lcm(ll n, ll m) {
    return abs(n) / gcd(n, m)*abs(m);//gl=xy
}

using namespace std;

template< int mod >
struct ModInt {
  int x;

  ModInt() : x(0) {}

  ModInt(int64_t y) : x(y >= 0 ? y % mod : (mod - (-y) % mod) % mod) {}

  ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &p) {
    if((x += p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &p) {
    if((x += mod - p.x) >= mod) x -= mod;
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &p) {
    x = (int) (1LL * x * p.x % mod);
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &p) {
    *this *= p.inverse();
    return *this;
  }

  ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt(-x); }

  ModInt operator+(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) += p; }

  ModInt operator-(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) -= p; }

  ModInt operator*(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) *= p; }

  ModInt operator/(const ModInt &p) const { return ModInt(*this) /= p; }

  bool operator==(const ModInt &p) const { return x == p.x; }

  bool operator!=(const ModInt &p) const { return x != p.x; }

  ModInt inverse() const {
    int a = x, b = mod, u = 1, v = 0, t;
    while(b > 0) {
      t = a / b;
      swap(a -= t * b, b);
      swap(u -= t * v, v);
    }
    return ModInt(u);
  }

  ModInt pow(int64_t n) const {
    ModInt ret(1), mul(x);
    while(n > 0) {
      if(n & 1) ret *= mul;
      mul *= mul;
      n >>= 1;
    }
    return ret;
  }

  friend ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const ModInt &p) {
    return os << p.x;
  }

  friend istream &operator>>(istream &is, ModInt &a) {
    int64_t t;
    is >> t;
    a = ModInt< mod >(t);
    return (is);
  }

  static int get_mod() { return mod; }
};

using modint = ModInt< mod >;


template< typename T >
struct Combination {
  vector< T > _fact, _rfact, _inv;

  Combination(int sz) : _fact(sz + 1), _rfact(sz + 1), _inv(sz + 1) {
    _fact[0] = _rfact[sz] = _inv[0] = 1;
    for(int i = 1; i <= sz; i++) _fact[i] = _fact[i - 1] * i;
    _rfact[sz] /= _fact[sz];
    for(int i = sz - 1; i >= 0; i--) _rfact[i] = _rfact[i + 1] * (i + 1);
    for(int i = 1; i <= sz; i++) _inv[i] = _rfact[i] * _fact[i - 1];
  }

  inline T fact(int k) const { return _fact[k]; }

  inline T rfact(int k) const { return _rfact[k]; }

  inline T inv(int k) const { return _inv[k]; }

  T P(int n, int r) const {
    if(r < 0 || n < r) return 0;
    return fact(n) * rfact(n - r);
  }

  T C(int p, int q) const {
    if(q < 0 || p < q) return 0;
    return fact(p) * rfact(q) * rfact(p - q);
  }

  T H(int n, int r) const {
    if(n < 0 || r < 0) return (0);
    return r == 0 ? 1 : C(n + r - 1, r);
  }
};

using MOD = ModInt<998244353> ;
void solve()
{
    int n, m, k;
    cin >> n >> m >> k;
    Combination<MOD> c(300005);
    MOD ans = 0;
    rep(i, k + 1)
    {
        MOD x = m - 1;
        x = x.pow(n - 1 - i);
        ans += c.C(n - 1, i) * m * x;
    }
    cout << ans;
}

int main(){
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    cout<<fixed<<setprecision(15);
    solve();
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 6592