#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <vector>
#include <iomanip>
#include <math.h>
#include <numeric>
#include <complex>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>
#include <stack>
#include <map>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <set>
#include <bitset>
#include <functional>
#include <assert.h>
using ll=long long;
#define int ll
#define rng(i,a,b) for(int i=int(a);i<int(b);i++)
#define rep(i,b) rng(i,0,b)
#define gnr(i,a,b) for(int i=int(b)-1;i>=int(a);i--)
#define per(i,b) gnr(i,0,b)
#define eb emplace_back
#define all(x) x.begin(),x.end()
#define SZ(x) ((int)x.size())
#define fi first
#define se second
const int INF = 1e15;
const int MOD = 998244353;
using namespace std;

template<class T> using vc=vector<T>;
template<class T> using vvc=vc<vc<T>>;

using pi=pair<int,int>;
using vi=vc<int>;

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;}

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;
    }
};

using mint = Fp<MOD>;
const int MX = 777777 + 5;
int fac[MX+5],inv[MX+5];
 
int power(int x,int y,int p){
	int res=1;
	x=x%p;
	while(y){
		if(y&1)res=(res*x)%p;
		y=y>>1;
		x=(x*x)%p;
	}
	return res;
}
void init(){
  int n=MX+4;
	fac[0] = 1;
  for(int i=0;i<n;++i)fac[i+1]=fac[i]*(i+1)%MOD;
  inv[n]=power(fac[n],MOD-2,MOD);
  for(int i=n-1;i>=0;--i)inv[i]=inv[i+1]*(i+1)%MOD;
}
int comb(int n,int r){return (fac[n]*inv[r])%MOD*inv[n-r]%MOD;}

signed main() {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cout<<fixed<<setprecision(20);
    init();

    int N,M,K; cin >> N >> M >> K;
    mint ans=0;
    if(N==1 || M==1){
        if(M==1 && N>=2 && K!=N-1) ans=0;
        else ans=M;
    }
    else {
        ans+=(M*power((M-1),(N-1),MOD))%MOD;
        rep(i,K){
            mint pos=M;
            pos*=power((M-1),N-2-i,MOD);
            pos*=comb(N-1,i+1);
            ans+=pos;
        }
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 15808