package main

import (
	"bufio"
	"fmt"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	r := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin)
	var n, m, k int
	fmt.Fscan(r, &n)
	fmt.Fscan(r, &m)
	fmt.Fscan(r, &k)

	mod := 998244353
	ans := 0
	pow := modpow(m-1, n-k-1, mod)
	cmb := NewCombination(n+1, mod)
	cmb.init(n)
	for i := k; i >= 0; i-- {
		if i != k {
			pow *= m - 1
			pow %= mod
		}
		cmb := cmb.calc(n-1, i)
		tmp := cmb * pow % mod * m % mod
		ans += tmp
		ans %= mod
	}
	fmt.Println(ans)
}

// mod
func modpow(a, n, mod int) int {
	res := 1
	for n > 0 {
		if n%2 != 0 {
			res = res * a % mod
		}
		a = a * a % mod
		n = n / 2
	}
	return res
}

func modinv(n, mod int) int {
	return modpow(n, mod-2, mod)
}

func modcomb(n, a, mod int) int {
	x := 1
	y := 1
	for i := 0; i < a; i++ {
		x = x * (n - i)
		x %= mod
		y = y * (i + 1)
		y %= mod
	}
	return x * modpow(y, mod-2, mod) % mod
}

func modfactorial(n, mod int) int {
	result := 1
	for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
		result = (result * i) % mod
	}
	return result
}

// Combination ...
type Combination struct {
	facts, invs []int
	mod         int
}

// NewCombination ...
func NewCombination(n, mod int) Combination {
	return Combination{
		facts: make([]int, n+1),
		invs:  make([]int, n+1),
		mod:   mod,
	}
}

func (cmb *Combination) calc(n, k int) int {
	ret := cmb.facts[n] * cmb.invs[k]
	ret %= cmb.mod
	ret = ret * cmb.invs[n-k]
	ret %= cmb.mod
	return ret
}

func (cmb *Combination) init(n int) {
	cmb.facts[0] = 1
	// 階乗を算出
	for i := 1; i <= n; i++ {
		cmb.facts[i] = cmb.facts[i-1] * i % cmb.mod
	}
	// 逆元を算出
	cmb.invs[n] = modinv(cmb.facts[n], cmb.mod)
	for i := n - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
		cmb.invs[i] = cmb.invs[i+1] * (i + 1) % cmb.mod
	}
}

// Utility
func min(x, y int) int {
	if x < y {
		return x
	}
	return y
}

func max(x, y int) int {
	if x > y {
		return x
	}
	return y
}

func abs(x int) int {
	if x < 0 {
		return -x
	}
	return x
}

func primeFactor(x int) map[int]int {
	res := make(map[int]int)
	for i := 2; i*i <= x; i++ {
		for x%i == 0 {
			res[i]++
			x = x / i
		}
	}
	if x != 1 {
		res[x] = 1
	}
	return res
}

func divisor(x int) []int {
	res := make([]int, 0)
	for i := 1; i*i <= x; i++ {
		if x%i == 0 {
			res = append(res, i)
			if i != x/i {
				res = append(res, x/i)
			}
		}
	}
	return res
}

func gcd(x, y int) int {
	if y == 0 {
		return x
	}
	return gcd(y, x%y)
}

func lcm(x, y int) int {
	return x / gcd(x, y) * y
}

func reverseString(s string) string {
	r := []rune(s)
	for i, j := 0, len(r)-1; i < len(r)/2; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
		r[i], r[j] = r[j], r[i]
	}
	return string(r)
}

// Queue ...
type Queue []int

// pop ...
func (q *Queue) empty() bool {
	return len(*q) == 0
}

// push ...
func (q *Queue) push(i int) {
	*q = append(*q, i)
}

// pop ...
func (q *Queue) pop() (int, bool) {
	if q.empty() {
		return 0, false
	} else {
		res := (*q)[0]
		*q = (*q)[1:]
		return res, true
	}
}

// Stack ...
type Stack []int

// pop ...
func (s *Stack) empty() bool {
	return len(*s) == 0
}

// push ...
func (s *Stack) push(i int) {
	*s = append(*s, i)
}

// pop ...
func (s *Stack) pop() (int, bool) {
	if s.empty() {
		return 0, false
	} else {
		index := len(*s) - 1
		res := (*s)[index]
		*s = (*s)[:index]
		return res, true
	}
}


Measured memory_bytes: 5088