/** 	Author: Apoorva Mittal  **/
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define int long long
#define endl "\n"
#define vi vector<int>
#define vvi vector<vector<int>>
#define vii vector<pair<int, int>>
#define rep(i, a, b) for (int i = a; i < b; i++)
#define repD(i, a, b) for (int i = a; i >= b; i--)
#define speed                     \
    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0); \
    cin.tie(0);                   \
    cout.tie(0)
#define init(i, k) memset(i, k, sizeof i)
#define pb push_back
#define pii pair<int, int>
#define ff first
#define ss second
#define all(a) a.begin(), a.end()
#define inp(a) rep(i, 0, a.size()) cin >> a[i];
//--------------------------------------------debugging showoff---------------------------------------------------------
#define out(a)                               \
    cout << #a << ": "<<endl;                      \
    rep(i, 0, a.size()) cout << a[i] << " "; \
    cout << endl;
#define out2d(a)                \
    cout << #a << ": " << endl; \
    rep(i, 0, a.size())         \
    {                           \
        rep(j, 0, a[0].size())  \
                cout            \
            << a[i][j] << " ";  \
        cout << endl;           \
    }
#define sim template < class c
#define ris return * this
#define dor > deb & operator <<
#define eni(x) sim > typename \
  enable_if<sizeof dud<c>(0) x 1, deb&>::type operator<<(c i) {
sim > struct rge { c b, e; };
sim > rge<c> range(c i, c j) { return rge<c>{i, j}; }
sim > auto dud(c* x) -> decltype(cerr << *x, 0);
sim > char dud(...);
struct deb {
#ifdef LOCAL
~deb() { cerr << endl; }
eni(!=) cerr << boolalpha << i; ris; }
eni(==) ris << range(begin(i), end(i)); }
sim, class b dor(pair < b, c > d) {
  ris << "(" << d.first << ", " << d.second << ")";
}
sim dor(rge<c> d) {
  *this << "[";
  for (auto it = d.b; it != d.e; ++it)
    *this << ", " + 2 * (it == d.b) << *it;
  ris << "]";
}
#else
sim dor(const c&) { ris; }
#endif
};
#define show(...) " [" << #__VA_ARGS__ ": " << (__VA_ARGS__) << "] "
// -DLOCAL
//--------------------------------------------useless stuff---------------------------------------------------------------------
#define flush fflush(stdout);
#define lb lower_bound
#define ub upper_bound
#define umap unordered_map
#define uset unordered_set
#define mset multiset
#define mxpque(T) priority_queue<T>
#define mnpque(T) priority_queue<T,vector<T>,greater<T>>
#define precise(x) cout << fixed << showpoint << setprecision(x);
#define setbits(x) __builtin_popcountll(x)
#define lastsetbit(x) __builtin_clz(x) // "31-lastsetbit(x)" to find 0 based index of last set bit from right
#define gcd(a, b) __gcd(a, b)
template<class T> T &chmin(T &a,const T &b){ return a = min(a,b); }
template<class T> T &chmax(T &a,const T &b){ return a = max(a,b); }
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const int mod = 1e9 + 7;
// ====== Useful functions begin ======
inline int add(int a, int b) { return ((a % mod) + (b % mod)) % mod; }
inline int sub(int a, int b) { return ((a % mod) - (b % mod) + mod) % mod; }
inline int mul(int a, int b) { return ((a % mod) * (b % mod)) % mod; }
// ====== Useful functions end ======
template<typename T> istream &operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &vec){ for (auto &v : vec) is >> v; return is; }
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
const int inf = 1e18;
const int maxn = 1e3 + 5;
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
template <int mod>
struct ModInt
{
    using lint = long long;
    static int get_mod() { return mod; }
    static int get_primitive_root() {
        static int primitive_root = 0;
        if (!primitive_root) {
            primitive_root = [&](){
                std::set<int> fac;
                int v = mod - 1;
                for (lint i = 2; i * i <= v; i++) while (v % i == 0) fac.insert(i), v /= i;
                if (v > 1) fac.insert(v);
                for (int g = 1; g < mod; g++) {
                    bool ok = true;
                    for (auto i : fac) if (ModInt(g).power((mod - 1) / i) == 1) { ok = false; break; }
                    if (ok) return g;
                }
                return -1;
            }();
        }
        return primitive_root;
    }
    int val;
    constexpr ModInt() : val(0) {}
    constexpr ModInt &_setval(lint v) { val = (v >= mod ? v - mod : v); return *this; }
    constexpr ModInt(lint v) { _setval(v % mod + mod); }
    explicit operator bool() const { return val != 0; }
    constexpr ModInt operator+(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val + x.val); }
    constexpr ModInt operator-(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val - x.val + mod); }
    constexpr ModInt operator*(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val * x.val % mod); }
    constexpr ModInt operator/(const ModInt &x) const { return ModInt()._setval((lint)val * x.inv() % mod); }
    constexpr ModInt operator-() const { return ModInt()._setval(mod - val); }
    constexpr ModInt &operator+=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this + x; }
    constexpr ModInt &operator-=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this - x; }
    constexpr ModInt &operator*=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this * x; }
    constexpr ModInt &operator/=(const ModInt &x) { return *this = *this / x; }
    friend constexpr ModInt operator+(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod + x.val); }
    friend constexpr ModInt operator-(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod - x.val + mod); }
    friend constexpr ModInt operator*(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod * x.val % mod); }
    friend constexpr ModInt operator/(lint a, const ModInt &x) { return ModInt()._setval(a % mod * x.inv() % mod); }
    constexpr bool operator==(const ModInt &x) const { return val == x.val; }
    constexpr bool operator!=(const ModInt &x) const { return val != x.val; }
    bool operator<(const ModInt &x) const { return val < x.val; }  // To use std::map<ModInt, T>
    friend std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &is, ModInt &x) { lint t; is >> t; x = ModInt(t); return is; }
    friend std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &os, const ModInt &x) { os << x.val;  return os; }
    constexpr lint power(lint n) const {
        lint ans = 1, tmp = this->val;
        while (n) {
            if (n & 1) ans = ans * tmp % mod;
            tmp = tmp * tmp % mod;
            n /= 2;
        }
        return ans;
    }
    constexpr lint inv() const { return this->power(mod - 2); }
    constexpr ModInt operator^(lint n) const { return ModInt(this->power(n)); }
    constexpr ModInt &operator^=(lint n) { return *this = *this ^ n; }

    inline ModInt fac() const {
        static std::vector<ModInt> facs;
        int l0 = facs.size();
        if (l0 > this->val) return facs[this->val];

        facs.resize(this->val + 1);
        for (int i = l0; i <= this->val; i++) facs[i] = (i == 0 ? ModInt(1) : facs[i - 1] * ModInt(i));
        return facs[this->val];
    }

    ModInt doublefac() const {
        lint k = (this->val + 1) / 2;
        if (this->val & 1) return ModInt(k * 2).fac() / ModInt(2).power(k) / ModInt(k).fac();
        else return ModInt(k).fac() * ModInt(2).power(k);
    }

    ModInt nCr(const ModInt &r) const {
        if (this->val < r.val) return ModInt(0);
        return this->fac() / ((*this - r).fac() * r.fac());
    }

    ModInt sqrt() const {
        if (val == 0) return 0;
        if (mod == 2) return val;
        if (power((mod - 1) / 2) != 1) return 0;
        ModInt b = 1;
        while (b.power((mod - 1) / 2) == 1) b += 1;
        int e = 0, m = mod - 1;
        while (m % 2 == 0) m >>= 1, e++;
        ModInt x = power((m - 1) / 2), y = (*this) * x * x;
        x *= (*this);
        ModInt z = b.power(m);
        while (y != 1) {
            int j = 0;
            ModInt t = y;
            while (t != 1) j++, t *= t;
            z = z.power(1LL << (e - j - 1));
            x *= z, z *= z, y *= z;
            e = j;
        }
        return ModInt(std::min(x.val, mod - x.val));
    }
};
using mint = ModInt<998244353>;


void solve()
{
    int n,m,kmax;
    cin>>n>>m>>kmax;
    mint ans=0;
    for(int k=0;k<=kmax;k++)
    {
        ans += mint(n-1).nCr(n-k-1)*mint(m)*(mint(m-1)^(n-k-1));
    }
    cout<<ans<<endl;
}
signed main()
{
    // freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
    // freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);

    speed;
    int t = 1;
    //cin >> t;

    for (int tt = 1; tt <= t; tt++)
    {
        // cout<<"Case #"<<tt<<": ";
        solve();
    }

//CERTAIN STUFF to REMEMBER::
//1.Check integer overflow
//2.Check edge case n=1 probable
//3.If conditions can be checked without bits, then never check with bits, never try to be oversmart!
//4.WA can come bcz of very silly things ->  base case, if with bits,bla bla

}

Measured memory_bytes: 4712