#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

inline int toInt(string s) {int v; istringstream sin(s);sin>>v;return v;}
template<class T> inline string toString(T x) {ostringstream sout;sout<<x;return sout.str();}

typedef long long ll;
typedef vector<int> VI;
typedef vector<VI> VVI;
typedef vector<long long> VL;
typedef vector<vector<long long>> VVL;
typedef vector<string> VS;
typedef pair<int, int> P;
typedef tuple<ll,ll,ll,ll> tpl;

#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(),(a).end()
#define SORT(c) sort((c).begin(),(c).end())
#define REVERSE(c) reverse((c).begin(),(c).end())
#define LB(a,x) lower_bound((a).begin(), (a).end(), x) - (a).begin()
#define UB(a,x) upper_bound((a).begin(), (a).end(), x) - (a).begin()

#define FOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a);i<(b);++i)
#define REP(i,n)  FOR(i,0,n)
#define RFOR(i,a,b) for(int i=(a)-1;i>=(b);--i)
#define RREP(i,n) RFOR(i,n,0)

#define en "\n"

constexpr double EPS = 1e-9;
constexpr double PI  = 3.141592653589793238462643383279;
constexpr int INF = 2147483647;
constexpr long long LINF = 1LL<<60;
constexpr long long MOD = 998244353;

#define dump(x)  cerr << #x << " = " << (x) << endl;
#define debug(x) cerr << #x << " = " << (x) << " (L" << __LINE__ << ")" << " " << __FILE__ << endl;

template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return true; } return false; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return true; } return false; }

struct mint {
    long long x;
    mint(long long x=0):x((x%MOD+MOD)%MOD){}
    mint operator-() const { return mint(-x);}
    mint& operator+=(const mint a) {
        if ((x += a.x) >= MOD) x -= MOD;
        return *this;
    }
    mint& operator-=(const mint a) {
        if ((x += MOD-a.x) >= MOD) x -= MOD;
    	return *this;
    }
    mint& operator*=(const mint a) {
    	(x *= a.x) %= MOD;
    	return *this;
    }
    mint operator+(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res+=a;
    }
    mint operator-(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res-=a;
    }
    mint operator*(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res*=a;
    }
    mint pow(long long t) const {
        if (!t) return 1;
        mint a = pow(t>>1);
        a *= a;
    	if (t&1) a *= *this;
        return a;
    }
    // for prime MOD
    mint inv() const {
        return pow(MOD-2);
    }
    mint& operator/=(const mint a) {
    	return (*this) *= a.inv();
    }
    mint operator/(const mint a) const {
        mint res(*this);
        return res/=a;
    }
};

struct combination {
    vector<mint> fact, ifact;
    combination(long long n):fact(n+1),ifact(n+1) {
        assert(n < MOD);
        fact[0] = 1;
        for (int i = 1; i <= n; ++i) fact[i] = fact[i-1]*i;
        ifact[n] = fact[n].inv();
        for (int i = n; i >= 1; --i) ifact[i-1] = ifact[i]*i;
    }
    mint operator()(long long n, long long k) {
        if (k < 0 || k > n) return 0;
        return fact[n]*ifact[k]*ifact[n-k];
    }
};

int main(void){
    ll N,M,K; cin >> N >> M >> K;
    combination C(N);
    mint ans;
    vector<mint> p(N+1,1); REP(i,N) p[i+1] = p[i]*(M-1);
    REP(k,K+1){
        ll n = N-k;
        ans += C(N-1, N-1-k) * p[n-1] * M;
    }
    cout << ans.x << en;
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 8012