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

using ll = long long;
using P = pair<ll, ll>;

// const ll MOD = 1e9+7;
const ll MOD = 998244353;
const ll INF = 1ll<<60;

#define FOR(i,a,b) for (ll i=(a);i<(ll)(b);++i)
#define REP(i,n) FOR(i,0,n)
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#define DEBUG(x) std::cerr << #x << " : " << (x) << std::endl;
//#define DEBUG(x) ;

struct Comb
{
	const long long mod;
	vector<long long> fac, ifac;

	Comb(long long n, long long m) : mod(m)
	{
		fac.resize(n+1);
		ifac.resize(n+1);

		fac[0] = 1;
		ifac[0] = 1;
		for (long long i = 0; i < n; ++i)
		{
			(fac[i+1] = fac[i]*(i+1)) %= mod;
			(ifac[i+1] = ifac[i]*mpow(i+1, mod-2)) %= mod;
		}
		
	}

	long long mpow(long long x, long long n)
	{ 
		long long ans = 1;
		while(n != 0){
			if(n&1) ans = ans*x % mod;
			x = x*x % mod;
			n = n >> 1;
		}
		return ans;
	}

	long long comb(long long a, long long b)
	{ 
		if(a == 0 && b == 0)return 1;
		if(a < b || a < 0)return 0;
		long long tmp = ifac[a-b]* ifac[b] % mod;
		return tmp * fac[a] % mod;
	}
};

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;
    }
	friend constexpr Fp<mod> modfac(long long l, long long r) noexcept
	{
		auto res = Fp<mod>(1);
		for (Fp<mod> i = l; i < r; ++i) res *= i;
		return res;
	}
};
using mint = Fp<MOD>;


int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
	ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(NULL);

	ll N, M, K; cin >> N >> M >> K;

	mint res{0};
	Comb cmb(200010, MOD);
	
	REP(i, K+1)
	{
		mint tmp = mint(M) * modpow(mint(M-1), N-1-i) * cmb.comb(N-1, i);
		res += tmp;
	}

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


Measured memory_bytes: 6312