#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using i32 = int_fast32_t;
using i64 = int_fast64_t;
using u32 = uint_fast32_t;
using u64 = uint_fast64_t;
using f64 = double;
using f80 = long double;

#define FOR(v, a, b) for(i64 v = (a); v < (b); ++v)
#define FORE(v, a, b) for(i64 v = (a); v <= (b); ++v)
#define REP(v, n) FOR(v, 0, n)
#define REPE(v, n) FORE(v, 0, n)
#define REV(v, a, b) for(i64 v = (a); v >= (b); --v)
#define ALL(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define RALL(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define ITR(it, c) for(auto it = (c).begin(); it != (c).end(); ++it)
#define RITR(it, c) for(auto it = (c).rbegin(); it != (c).rend(); ++it)
#define EXIST(c,x) ((c).find(x) != (c).end())
#define fst first
#define snd second
#define UNIQ(v) (v).erase(unique(ALL(v)), (v).end())
#define bit(i) (1LL<<(i))

#ifdef DEBUG
#include <Mylib/Debug/debug.cpp>
#else
#define dump(...) ((void)0)
#endif

using namespace std;

template <typename I> void join(ostream &ost, I s, I t, string d=" "){for(auto i=s; i!=t; ++i){if(i!=s)ost<<d; ost<<*i;}ost<<endl;}
template <typename T> istream& operator>>(istream &is, vector<T> &v){for(auto &a : v) is >> a; return is;}
template <typename T> void pout(const T &value){std::cout << value << "\n";}
template <typename T, typename ...Args> void pout(const T &value, const Args&... args){std::cout << value << " ";pout(args...);}

template <typename T, typename U> bool chmin(T &a, const U &b){return (a>b ? a=b, true : false);}
template <typename T, typename U> bool chmax(T &a, const U &b){return (a<b ? a=b, true : false);}
template <typename T, size_t N, typename U> void fill_array(T (&a)[N], const U &v){fill((U*)a, (U*)(a+N), v);}
template <typename T> auto make_vector(int n, int m, const T &value){return vector<vector<T>>(n, vector<T>(m, value));}


struct Init{
  Init(){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << fixed << setprecision(12);
    cerr << fixed << setprecision(12);
  }
}init;


template <uint32_t M> class ModInt{
public:
  uint64_t val;
  
  constexpr ModInt(): val(0){}
  constexpr ModInt(std::int64_t n){
    if(n >= M) val = n % M;
    else if(n < 0) val = n % M + M;
    else val = n;
  }
  
  inline constexpr auto operator+(const ModInt &a) const {return ModInt(val + a.val);}
  inline constexpr auto operator-(const ModInt &a) const {return ModInt(val - a.val);}
  inline constexpr auto operator*(const ModInt &a) const {return ModInt(val * a.val);}
  inline constexpr auto operator/(const ModInt &a) const {return ModInt(val * a.inv().val);}
  
  inline constexpr auto& operator=(const ModInt &a){val = a.val; return *this;}
  inline constexpr auto& operator+=(const ModInt &a){if((val += a.val) >= M) val -= M; return *this;}
  inline constexpr auto& operator-=(const ModInt &a){if(val < a.val) val += M; val -= a.val; return *this;}
  inline constexpr auto& operator*=(const ModInt &a){(val *= a.val) %= M; return *this;}
  inline constexpr auto& operator/=(const ModInt &a){(val *= a.inv().val) %= M; return *this;}
 
  inline constexpr bool operator==(const ModInt &a) const {return val == a.val;}
  inline constexpr bool operator!=(const ModInt &a) const {return val != a.val;}
 
  inline constexpr auto& operator++(){*this += 1; return *this;}
  inline constexpr auto& operator--(){*this -= 1; return *this;}
 
  inline constexpr auto operator++(int){auto t = *this; *this += 1; return t;}
  inline constexpr auto operator--(int){auto t = *this; *this -= 1; return t;}
 
  inline constexpr static ModInt power(int64_t n, int64_t p){
    if(p < 0) return power(n, -p).inv();
    
    int64_t ret = 1, e = n;
    for(; p; (e *= e) %= M, p >>= 1) if(p & 1) (ret *= e) %= M;
    return ret;
  }
 
  inline constexpr static ModInt inv(int64_t a){
    int64_t b = M, u = 1, v = 0;
    
    while(b){
      int64_t t = a / b;
      a -= t * b; std::swap(a,b);
      u -= t * v; std::swap(u,v);
    }
 
    u %= M;
    if(u < 0) u += M;
    
    return u;
  }
 
  inline constexpr static auto frac(int64_t a, int64_t b){return ModInt(a) / ModInt(b);}
  
  inline constexpr auto power(int64_t p) const {return power(val, p);}
  inline constexpr auto inv() const {return inv(val);}
 
  friend inline constexpr auto operator-(const ModInt &a){return ModInt(-a.val);}
 
  friend inline constexpr auto operator+(int64_t a, const ModInt &b){return ModInt(a) + b;}
  friend inline constexpr auto operator-(int64_t a, const ModInt &b){return ModInt(a) - b;}
  friend inline constexpr auto operator*(int64_t a, const ModInt &b){return ModInt(a) * b;}
  friend inline constexpr auto operator/(int64_t a, const ModInt &b){return ModInt(a) / b;}
 
  friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream &s, ModInt<M> &a){s >> a.val; return s;}
  friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &s, const ModInt<M> &a){s << a.val; return s;}

  template <int N>
  inline static auto div(){
    static auto value = inv(N);
    return value;
  }
};


/**
 * @attention 使用前にinit関数を呼び出す
 */
template <typename T> class Combinatorics{
public:
  static std::vector<T> facto;
  static std::vector<T> ifacto;

  static void init(int N){
    facto.assign(N+1, 1);
    ifacto.assign(N+1, 1);

    for(int i = 1; i <= N; ++i){
      facto[i] = facto[i-1] * i;
    }

    ifacto[N] = facto[N].inv();

    for(int i = N-1; i >= 0; --i){
      ifacto[i] = ifacto[i+1] * (i+1);
    }
  }

  static T f(int64_t i){
    assert(i < facto.size());
    return facto[i];
  }
  
  static T finv(int64_t i){
    assert(i < ifacto.size());
    return ifacto[i];
  }

  static T P(int64_t n, int64_t k);
  static T C(int64_t n, int64_t k);
  static T H(int64_t n, int64_t k);
  static T stirling_number(int64_t n, int64_t k);
  static T bell_number(int64_t n, int64_t k);
  static std::vector<T> bernoulli_number(int64_t n);
  static T catalan_number(int64_t n);
};

template <typename T> std::vector<T> Combinatorics<T>::facto = std::vector<T>();
template <typename T> std::vector<T> Combinatorics<T>::ifacto = std::vector<T>();

template <typename T> T Combinatorics<T>::P(int64_t n, int64_t k){
  if(n < k or n < 0 or k < 0) return 0;
  return f(n) * finv(n-k);
}

template <typename T> T Combinatorics<T>::C(int64_t n, int64_t k){
  if(n < k or n < 0 or k < 0) return 0;
  return P(n,k) * finv(k);
}

template <typename T> T Combinatorics<T>::H(int64_t n, int64_t k){
  if(n == 0 and k == 0) return 1;
  return C(n+k-1, k);
}


using mint = ModInt<998244353>;
using C = Combinatorics<mint>;





int main(){
  C::init(500000);
           
  int N, M, K;

  while(cin >> N >> M >> K){
    mint ans = 0;

    if(M == 1){
      if(N-1 <= K){
        ans = 1;
      }
    }else{
      FORE(i,N-K,N){
        mint t = 1;
        t *= C::C(N-1, i-1);

        t *= M;
        t *= mint::power(M-1, i-1);
        ans += t;
      }
    }
    
    pout(ans);    
  }

  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 11096