#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>

#pragma GCC target ("avx2")
#pragma GCC optimization ("O3")
#pragma GCC optimization ("unroll-loops")
#pragma comment(linker, "/stack:200000000")
#pragma GCC target("sse,sse2,sse3,ssse3,sse4,popcnt,abm,mmx,avx,tune=native")
//turn on excess precision
//#pragma GCC target("fpmath=387")

using namespace std;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;

typedef long long ll;
typedef string str;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef pair<ll,ll> pll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<ll> vll;
typedef vector <pii> vpii;
typedef vector <pll> vpll;
typedef map <str,int> mapsi;
typedef map <str,int> :: iterator mapsitr;
typedef map <int , int> mint;
typedef map <ll , ll> mll;
typedef set <int> si;
typedef set <ll> sll;
typedef si :: iterator sitr;
typedef si :: reverse_iterator rsitr;
typedef sll :: iterator sltr;
typedef sll :: reverse_iterator rsltr;
#define mset multiset

typedef mset <int> msi;
typedef mset <ll> msll;
typedef msi :: iterator msitr;
typedef msi :: reverse_iterator msritr;
typedef msll :: iterator msltr;
typedef msll :: reverse_iterator mslritr;

#define ordered_set tree<int, null_type,less<int>, rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update>
#define ordered_multiset tree<int, null_type,less_equal<int>, rb_tree_tag,tree_order_statistics_node_update>
#define mp make_pair
#define pb push_back
#define pob pop_back
#define pf push_front
#define pof pop_front
#define fi first
#define se second
#define fs first.second
#define ss second.second
#define ff first.first
#define sf second.first
#define newl '\n'
#define fbo find_by_order
#define ook order_of_key
#define all(x) x.begin(), x.end()
#define rall(x) x.rbegin(),x.rend()
#define watch(x) cout << (#x) << " is : " << (x) << newl

vi dirx = {0,0,1,-1};
vi diry = {1,-1,0,0};
char to_upper (char x){
    if( 97 <= int(x) && int(x) <= 122) return char(x-32);
    if( 65 <= int(x) && int(x) <= 90) return x;
    return -1;
}
char to_lower (char x){
    if( 97 <= int(x) && int(x) <= 122) return x;
    if( 65 <= int(x) && int(x) <= 90) return char(x+32);
    return -1;
}
int numerize (char x){
    if(48 <= int(x) && int(x) <= 57) return int(x-'0');
    if(97 <= int(x) && int(x) <= 122) return int(x-96);
    if(65 <= int(x) && int(x) <= 90) return int(x-64);
    return -1;
}
bool isect (int l1, int r1, int l2, int r2){
    pii p1 = {l1,r1};
    pii p2 = {l2,r2};
    if(p1>p2)swap(p1,p2);
    return (p2.fi <= p1.se);
}
ll quickpow (ll num1, ll num2, ll MOD){
    if(num2==0)return 1%MOD;
    else if(num2==1)return num1%MOD;
    else{
        ll temp = quickpow (num1,num2/2,MOD); ll res = ((temp%MOD) * (temp%MOD))%MOD;
        if(num2%2==1) res = ((res%MOD)*(num1%MOD))%MOD; return res;
    }
}
ll invmod (ll num, ll MOD){return quickpow (num,MOD-2,MOD);}
ll gcd (ll num1, ll num2){
    if(num1 < num2) swap(num1,num2); ll num3 = num1 % num2 ;
    while(num3 > 0){ num1 = num2; num2 = num3; num3 = num1 % num2;}
    return num2;
}
ll lcm (ll num1 , ll num2){return (ll) (num1/__gcd(num1,num2))*num2;}
// end of Template
int n,m,k;
ll fac[200010],md = 998244353;
ll c(ll n, ll r){
    ll up = fac[n];
    ll down = (fac[r] * fac[n-r]) % md;
    down = invmod(down,md);
    up = (up * down) % md;
    return up;
}
int main(){

//    freopen("input.txt", "r", stdin);
//    freopen("output.txt", "w", stdout);

    ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cin.tie(NULL);
    cout.tie(NULL);

    fac[0] = 1;
    for(int i=1;i<=2e5;++i) fac[i] = (fac[i-1] * i) % md;

    cin>>n>>m>>k;
    ll ans = 0;
    for(int i=0;i<=k;++i){
        ll res = c(n-1,i);
        res = (res * m) % md;
        res = (res * quickpow(m-1,n-1-i,md)) % md;
        ans = (ans + res) % md;
    }
    cout<<ans<<newl;


    return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 5120