#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define rep(i,n) for (int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i = 1; i <= (n); ++i)
#define drep(i,n) for(int i = (n)-1; i >= 0; --i)
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
#define SZ(x) ((int)(x).size())
#define bit(n) (1<<(n))
#define ii(x) int x; cin >> (x)
#define ii2(x, y) int x, y; cin >> (x) >> (y)
#define ii3(x, y, z) int x, y, z; cin >> (x) >> (y) >> (z)
#define yn(x, ok, ng) cout << ((x)?(ok):(ng)) << endl
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef long double ld;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vl;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<bool> vb;
template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
ll gcd(ll a, ll b) { return b?gcd(b,a%b):a;}
ll lcm(ll a, ll b) { return a/gcd(a,b)*b;}
int const INF = 1001001001;


// modint: mod 計算を int を扱うように扱える構造体
template<int MOD> struct Fp {
long long val;
constexpr Fp(long long v = 0) noexcept : val(v % MOD) {
if (val < 0) val += 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 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>;

// 二項係数ライブラリ
// main(){ BiCoef<mint> bc(510000);
// res = bc.com(n,k);}
template<class T> struct BiCoef {
vector<T> fact_, inv_, finv_;
constexpr BiCoef() {}
constexpr BiCoef(int n) noexcept : fact_(n, 1), inv_(n, 1), finv_(n, 1) {
init(n);
}
constexpr void init(int n) noexcept {
fact_.assign(n, 1), inv_.assign(n, 1), finv_.assign(n, 1);
int MOD = fact_[0].getmod();
for(int i = 2; i < n; i++){
fact_[i] = fact_[i-1] * i;
inv_[i] = -inv_[MOD%i] * (MOD/i);
finv_[i] = finv_[i-1] * inv_[i];
}
}
constexpr T com(int n, int k) const noexcept {
if (n < k || n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
return fact_[n] * finv_[k] * finv_[n-k];
}
constexpr T fact(int n) const noexcept {
if (n < 0) return 0;
return fact_[n];
}
constexpr T inv(int n) const noexcept {
if (n < 0) return 0;
return inv_[n];
}
constexpr T finv(int n) const noexcept {
if (n < 0) return 0;
return finv_[n];
}
};

int main() {
cin.tie(0);
ios::sync_with_stdio(false);

BiCoef<mint> bc(510000);
ll n,m,k;
cin >> n >> m >> k;

mint res = 0;
for(int i = 0; i <= k; ++i) {
    res += (mint)m * bc.com(n-1,i) * modpow((mint)(m-1),n-i-1);
}

cout << res << endl;
return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 15016