#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef pair<ll, ll> P;
#define DUMP(x) cout << #x << " = " << (x) << endl;
#define FOR(i, m, n) for (ll i = m; i < n; i++)
#define IFOR(i, m, n) for (ll i = n - 1; i >= m; i--)
#define REP(i, n) FOR(i, 0, n)
#define IREP(i, n) IFOR(i, 0, n)
#define FOREACH(x, a) for (auto&(x) : (a))
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(), (v).end()
#define SZ(x) ll(x.size())

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;
  }
};

// 二項係数ライブラリ
template <class T>
struct BiCoef {
  vector<T> fact_, inv_, finv_;
  constexpr BiCoef() {}
  constexpr BiCoef(int n) noexcept : fact_(n, 1), inv_(n, 1), finv_(n, 1) {
    init(n);
  }
  constexpr void init(int n) noexcept {
    fact_.assign(n, 1), inv_.assign(n, 1), finv_.assign(n, 1);
    int MOD = fact_[0].getmod();
    for (int i = 2; i < n; i++) {
      fact_[i] = fact_[i - 1] * i;
      inv_[i] = -inv_[MOD % i] * (MOD / i);
      finv_[i] = finv_[i - 1] * inv_[i];
    }
  }
  constexpr T com(int n, int k) const noexcept {
    if (n < k || n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    return fact_[n] * finv_[k] * finv_[n - k];
  }
  constexpr T fact(int n) const noexcept {
    if (n < 0) return 0;
    return fact_[n];
  }
  constexpr T inv(int n) const noexcept {
    if (n < 0) return 0;
    return inv_[n];
  }
  constexpr T finv(int n) const noexcept {
    if (n < 0) return 0;
    return finv_[n];
  }

  // C(n,k), n <= 1e9, k <= 1e6
  constexpr T com2(int n, int k) const noexcept {
    if (n < k || n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    T res = 1;
    for (int i = n; i >= n - k + 1; i--) {
      T a = i, b = i - n + k;
      res *= a / b;
    }
    return res;
  }
};

const int MOD = 998244353;
using mint = Fp<MOD>;
BiCoef<mint> bc;

// 二項係数Library使用時はmain内で初期化を忘れないこと
// int main(){
//  bc.init(2100000);
// }

int main() {
  ll n, m, k;
  cin >> n >> m >> k;

  if (m == 1) {
    cout << (n - 1 <= k ? 1 : 0) << endl;
    return 0;
  }

  bc.init(k + n + 10);

  mint ans = 0;

  REP(i, k + 1) {
    ll t = n - i;
    ans += bc.com(i + t - 1, i) * m * modpow((mint)m - 1, t - 1);
  }

  // FOR(t, n - k, n + 1) {
  //   mint u = (mint)(k + 1) * bc.com(k + t, k + 1) / t * m *
  //            modpow((mint)m - 1, t - 1);
  //   ans += u;
  //   // DUMP(u);
  // }
  cout << ans << endl;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 12696