#include "bits/stdc++.h"
using namespace std;
///////////////////////////////////////////
const long long int INF = 1LL<<60;
const long long int Mod = 998244353;
using ll = long long int; using ci = const int;
using vi = vector<int>;  using Vi = vector<long long int>;
using P = pair<int, int>;  using PLL = pair<ll, ll>;
using matrix = vector<vector<ll>>;
#define pb(x) push_back(x)
#define mp(x,y) make_pair(x,y)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define rep(i,N) for(ll i = 0; i < (ll)N; i++)
#define repi(i,a,b) for(ll i = ll(a); i < ll(b); ++i)
template<class T>bool chmax(T &former, const T &b) { if (former<b) { former=b; return true; } return false; }
template<class T>bool chmin(T &former, const T &b) { if (b<former) { former=b; return true; } return false; }
template<class T>T sqar(T x){ return x*x; }//sqrt(x)は平方根;
#define Sort(v) std::sort(v.begin(), v.end(), std::greater<decltype(v[0])>()) //降順でVをソート
#define p_queue(v) priority_queue<v, vector<v>, greater<v> >
template<class T> inline void princ(T x){cout<<x<<" ";}; 
template<class T> inline void print(T x){cout<<x<<"\n";};
template<class T> inline void Yes(T condition){ if(condition) cout << "Yes" << endl; else cout << "No" << endl; }
template<class T> inline void YES(T condition){ if(condition) cout << "YES" << endl; else cout << "NO" << endl; }
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

template<int MOD> struct Fp {
    long long val;
    constexpr Fp(long long v = 0) noexcept : val(v % MOD) {
        if (val < 0) v += MOD;
    }
    constexpr int getmod() { return MOD; }
    constexpr Fp operator - () const noexcept {
        return val ? MOD - val : 0;
    }
    constexpr Fp operator + (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) += r; }
    constexpr Fp operator - (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) -= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator * (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) *= r; }
    constexpr Fp operator / (const Fp& r) const noexcept { return Fp(*this) /= r; }
    constexpr Fp& operator += (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val += r.val;
        if (val >= MOD) val -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator -= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val -= r.val;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator *= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        val = val * r.val % MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr Fp& operator /= (const Fp& r) noexcept {
        long long a = r.val, b = MOD, u = 1, v = 0;
        while (b) {
            long long t = a / b;
            a -= t * b; swap(a, b);
            u -= t * v; swap(u, v);
        }
        val = val * u % MOD;
        if (val < 0) val += MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    constexpr bool operator == (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val == r.val;
    }
    constexpr bool operator != (const Fp& r) const noexcept {
        return this->val != r.val;
    }
    friend constexpr ostream& operator << (ostream &os, const Fp<MOD>& x) noexcept {
        return os << x.val;
    }
    friend constexpr istream& operator >> (istream &is, Fp<MOD>& x) noexcept {
        return is >> x.val;
    }
    friend constexpr Fp<MOD> modpow(const Fp<MOD> &a, long long n) noexcept {
        if (n == 0) return 1;
        auto t = modpow(a, n / 2);
        t = t * t;
        if (n & 1) t = t * a;
        return t;
    }
};

const int MOD = 998244353;
using mint = Fp<MOD>;

typedef mint RUI;//型は適当に合わせて.
RUI rui(ll num,ll k){//num^k
    RUI ans = 1;
    RUI n = num;
    while(k>0){
        if(k&1)ans *= n;
        n *= n;
        k /= 2;
    }
    return ans;
}

const ll MAX = 5000001;//10^7が限界
//const ll MOD = Mod;
//const ll MOD = INT64_MAX;
ll fac[MAX], finv[MAX], inv[MAX];

// テーブルを作る前処理
void COMinit() {
    fac[0] = fac[1] = 1;
    finv[0] = finv[1] = 1;
    inv[1] = 1;
    for (ll i = 2; i < MAX; i++){
        fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % MOD;
        inv[i] = MOD - inv[MOD%i] * (MOD / i) % MOD;
        finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % MOD;
    }
}

// 二項係数計算
ll COM(ll n, ll k){
    if (n < k) return 0;
    if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % MOD) % MOD;
}


ll n,m,k;

mint func(ll kk){
    mint ans = m;
    ans *= rui(m-1,n-kk-1);
    ans *= COM(n-1,kk);
    return ans;
}

int main(){
    cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    std::cout<<std::fixed<<std::setprecision(30);
    COMinit();
    cin>>n>>m>>k;
    mint ans = 0;
    rep(i,k+1){
        ans += func(i);
    }
    print(ans);
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 120844