using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using static Assistant.Input;
using static Assistant.Debug;
using System.Linq;
using Assistant;

namespace ABC167E_3
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var N = RInt;
            var M = RInt;
            var K = RInt;

            long mod = 998244353;
            long a = 1;
            long b = M > 1 ? ModPow(M - 1, N - 1, mod) : 1;
            long memo = ModPow(M - 1, mod - 2, mod);
            long ans = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i <= K; i++)
            {
                ans += a * b % mod;
                ans %= mod;

                a = a * (N - i - 1) % mod * ModPow(i + 1, mod - 2, mod) % mod;
                b = b * memo % mod;
            }
            ans = ans * M % mod;
            if (M == 1)
            {
                if (N > K + 1) ans = 0;
                else ans = 1;
            }


            Console.WriteLine(ans);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// a^n (mod p)
        /// nが非常に大きい時に有効
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="a"></param>
        /// <param name="n"></param>
        /// <param name="mod"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static long ModPow(long a, long n, long p)
        {
            if (n == 0) return 1;
            if (n == 1) return a % p;
            if (n % 2 == 1) return (a * ModPow(a, n - 1, p)) % p;

            long t = ModPow(a, n / 2, p);
            return (t * t) % p;
        }
    }


}

namespace Assistant
{
    static class Input
    {
        static List<string> line = new List<string>();
        static int index = 0;
        static String RNext()
        {
            if (line.Count <= index) line.AddRange(Console.ReadLine().Split());
            return line[index++];
        }
        public static int RInt => int.Parse(RNext());
        public static long RLong => long.Parse(RNext());
        public static int[] RInts => Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(int.Parse).ToArray();
        public static long[] RLongs => Console.ReadLine().Split().Select(long.Parse).ToArray();
        public static string RString => RNext();
        //以下未テスト
        public static int[] RIntsC(int c) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, c).Select(x => int.Parse(RNext())).ToArray();
        public static long[] RLongsC(int c) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, c).Select(x => long.Parse(RNext())).ToArray();
        public static char[][] RMap(int h) => Enumerable.Repeat(0, h).Select(x => Console.ReadLine().ToCharArray()).ToArray();
    }

    static class Debug
    {
        static public void Draw2D(int[,] map, int mode = 1)
        {
#if DEBUG
            int W = map.GetLength(0);
            int H = map.GetLength(1);

            int[,] map2 = new int[W + 1, H + 1];
            for (int i = 0; i < W + 1; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < H + 1; j++)
                {
                    if (i == 0 && j == 0) map2[i, j] = 0;
                    else if (i == 0) map2[i, j] = j - 1;
                    else if (j == 0) map2[i, j] = i - 1;
                    else map2[i, j] = map[i - 1, j - 1];
                }
            }

            for (int i = 0; i < W + 1; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < H + 1; j++)
                {
                    if (mode == 0) Console.Write(map2[i, j] % 10);
                    if (mode == 1) Console.Write(map2[i, j] + " ");
                }
                Console.WriteLine();
            }
            Console.WriteLine();
#endif
        }

        public static void Draw1D(int[] array, int mode = 0)
        {
#if DEBUG
            Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", array));
#endif
        }
    }
}


Measured memory_bytes: 17808