#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
/*{{{*/  //template
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<(int)(n);i++)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i=(n)-1;i>=0;i--)
constexpr int INF = numeric_limits<int>::max()/2;
constexpr long long LINF = numeric_limits<long long>::max()/3;
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define fi first
#define se second
#define all(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define sz(x) (int)(x).size()
#define debug(x) cerr<<#x<<":"<<x<<endl
#define debug2(x,y) cerr<<#x<<","<<#y":"<<x<<","<<y<<endl
//struct fin{ fin(){ cin.tie(0); ios::sync_with_stdio(false); } } fin_;
struct Double{ double d; explicit Double(double x) : d(x){} };
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os,const Double x){ os << fixed << setprecision(20) << x.d; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os,const vector<T>& vec){ os << "["; for(const auto& v : vec){ os << v << ","; } os << "]"; return os; }
template<typename T,typename U> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const map<T,U>& mp){ os << "{"; for(auto& p : mp){ os << p << ","; } os << "}"; return os; }
template<typename T,typename U> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os,const pair<T,U>& p){ os << "(" << p.first << ","<< p.second <<")"; return os; }
template<typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream& os,const set<T>& st){ os<<"{"; for(T v:st) os<<v<<","; os <<"}"; return os; }
template<typename T,typename U> inline void chmax(T &x,U y){ if(y>x) x = y; }
template<typename T,typename U> inline void chmin(T &x,U y){ if(y<x) x = y; }
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using pii = std::pair<int,int>;
using vi = std::vector<int>;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
ll gcd(ll a,ll b){ if(b==0) return a; else return gcd(b,a%b); }
constexpr ll TEN(int n) { return (n == 0) ? 1 : 10 * TEN(n - 1); }
//constexpr double eps = 1e-14; 
constexpr double eps = 1e-10; 
constexpr ll mod = 998244353LL;
const int dx[]={1,0,-1,0} ,dy[] = {0,1,0,-1};
/*}}}*/

template<long long MOD=1000000007ll>
struct ModCombination{
    vector<long long> f,fi;
    ModCombination(){}
    ModCombination(int N){
        init(N);
    }

    // x^-1
    long long invp(long long x){
        return mod_pow(x,MOD-2);
    }

    long long mod_pow(long long x,long long n){
        long long res=1;
        while(n){
            if(n&1) res=(res*x)%MOD;
            x=(x*x)%MOD;
            n>>=1;
        }
        return res;
    }

    void init(int N){
        f.resize(N+1);
        fi.resize(N+1);
        f[0]=1;
        for(int i=1;i<N+1;i++) f[i]=(f[i-1]*i)%MOD;
        for(int i=0;i<N+1;i++) fi[i]=invp(f[i]);
    }

    // nCr
    long long get(long long n,long long r){
        long long ret=f[n];
        ret=(ret*fi[r])%MOD;
        ret=(ret*fi[n-r])%MOD;
        return ret;
    }
};


// x^n
long long mod_pow(long long x,long long n,long long MOD=1000000007LL){
    long long res=1;
    while(n){
        if(n&1) res=(res*x)%MOD;
        x=(x*x)%MOD;
        n>>=1;
    }
    return res;
}

int main(){
    ll N,M,K; cin >> N >> M >> K;
    ModCombination<mod> C(N+10);
    ll ans = 0;
    for(ll k=0;k<=K;k++){
        ll t =  M * mod_pow(M-1, N-1-k, mod) % mod;
        ll t2 = C.get(N-1,k);
        ll x = t * t2 % mod;
        ans += x;
        ans %= mod;
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 6336