/// Containers Start
#include <algorithm>
#include <bitset>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <functional>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <iterator>
#include <list>
#include <map>
#include <numeric>
#include <queue>
#include <random>
#include <set>
#include <sstream>
#include <stack>
#include <string>
#include <tuple>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <utility>
#include <vector>
/// C Header Files
#include <cassert>
#include <cctype>
#include <cmath>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
/// Containers End

using namespace std;

/// Math Start
#define PI acos(-1.0)
#define Pi 3.141592653589793
#define EPS (1e-7)
#define INF (0x3f3f3f3f)
// #define INF 9e+18

/// Math End

/// Extra Start
#define nn '\n'
#define pb push_back
#define ull unsigned long long
#define ll long long
#define MOD 1000000007
#define sz(a) int((a).size())
#define space " "
#define All(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
/// Extra End

#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
#define Cini(a)                                                                \
    int a;                                                                     \
    cin >> a;
#define Cinii(a, b)                                                            \
    int a, b;                                                                  \
    cin >> a >> b;
#define Ciniii(a, b, c)                                                        \
    int a, b, c;                                                               \
    cin >> a >> b >> c;
#define Cins(s)                                                                \
    string s;                                                                  \
    cin >> s;
#define Cinss(s1, s2)                                                          \
    string s1, s2;                                                             \
    cin >> s1 >> s2;
#define Cinc(c)                                                                \
    char c;                                                                    \
    cin >> c;
/// Functions End

/// Debug Start
#define deb(x) cout << #x << ": " << x << endl
#define deb2(x, y) cout << #x << ": " << x << '\t' << #y << ": " << y << endl;
#define deb3(x, y, z)                                                          \
    cout << #x << ": " << x << '\t' << #y << ": " << y << '\t' << #z << ": "   \
         << z << endl;
/// Debug End

// int dx[] = {-1, 0, 1, 0};
// int dy[] = {0, -1, 0, 1};
int dx[] = {-1, 0, 1};
int dy[] = {-1, 0, 1};

/**>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> END <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<**/

/// template

#define int long long

const ll mod = 998244353LL;

const int MAX = 510000;
long long 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 % mod;
        inv[i] = mod - inv[mod % i] * (mod / i) % mod;
        finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % mod;
    }
}

ll comb(int n, int k) {
    if (n < k) return 0;
    if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % mod) % mod;
}

long long modpow(long long a, long long n, long long mod) {
    long long res = 1;
    while (n > 0) {
        if (n & 1) res = res * a % mod;
        a = a * a % mod;
        n >>= 1;
    }
    return res;
}

signed main(void) {
    cin.sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(0);
    Ciniii(N,M,K);
    COMinit();
    vector<int> fact(M+1,1);
    rep(i,M) (fact[i+1] = fact[i] * (i+1))%=mod;
    ll ans = 0;
    for(int i=0;i<=K;i++){
        (ans += ((M * modpow(M-1,N-1-i,mod))%mod * comb(N-1,i))%mod)%=mod;
    }
    cout << ans << nn;
    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 16288