using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Windows;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

namespace Atcoder
{
    public class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            var r = ReadSplit();
            var n = r[0].Int();
            var m = r[1].Long();
            var k = r[2].Long();
            var ans = 0L;
            long color = m;
            var comb = new ModCombination(998244353, 1000000);
            for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
            {
                var tmp = color;
                tmp = (tmp * comb.Combination(n - 1, i)) % mod;
                if(i <= k) ans = (ans + tmp) % mod;
                color = (color * (m - 1)) % mod;
            }
            WriteRead(ans);
        }

        private static long mod = 998244353;

        public static long ModPow(long x, long n)
        {
            x = x % mod;
            if (n == 0)
            {
                return 1;
            }
            else if (n % 2 == 1)
            {
                return (x * ModPow(x, n - 1)) % mod;
            }
            else
            {
                return ModPow((x * x) % mod, n / 2) % mod;
            }
        }

        public static long Combination(long n, long k)
        {
            long x = 1;
            for (long i = n - k + 1; i <= n; i++)
            {
                x = x * i % mod;
            }
            long y = 1;
            for (int i = 1; i <= k; i++)
            {
                y = y * i % mod;
            }
            y = ModPow(y, mod - 2);
            return x * y % mod;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// 最小公倍数
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="a"></param>
        /// <param name="b"></param>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static long Lcm(long a, long b)
        {
            return a / Gcd(a, b) * b;
        }
        public static long Gcd(long m, long n)
        {
            if (n == 0) return m;
            return Gcd(n, m % n);
        }

        class ModCombination
        {
            public long _mod = 1000000007;
            public int _max = 1000000;

            long[] fac;
            long[] finv;
            long[] inv;

            public ModCombination() : this(1000000007, 1000000)
            {
            }

            public ModCombination(long mod, int max)
            {
                fac = new long[max];
                finv = new long[max];
                inv = new long[max];
                fac[0] = fac[1] = 1;
                finv[0] = finv[1] = 1;
                inv[1] = 1;
                for (int i = 2; i < max; i++)
                {
                    fac[i] = fac[i - 1] * i % mod;
                    inv[i] = mod - inv[mod % i] * (mod / i) % mod;
                    finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % mod;
                }
            }

            public long Combination(int n, int m)
            {
                if (n < m) return 0;
                if (n < 0 || m < 0) return 0;
                return fac[n] * (finv[m] * finv[n - m] % mod) % mod;
            }
        }

        public static string Read()
        {
            return Console.ReadLine();
        }

        public static string[] ReadSplit()
        {
            return Console.ReadLine().Split(' ');
        }

        public static void WriteRead(object str)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(str);
            Read();
        }

        public static void Write(object str)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(str);
        }

        private static bool ChangeMin<T>(ref T a, T b) where T : IComparable
        {
            if (a.CompareTo(b) > 0)
            {
                a = b;
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        private static bool ChangekMax<T>(ref T a, T b) where T : IComparable
        {
            if (b.CompareTo(a) > 0)
            {
                a = b;
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
    }
}


public static class Extentions
{
    public static int Int(this object obj)
    {
        return int.Parse(obj.ToString());
    }

    public static long Long(this object obj)
    {
        return long.Parse(obj.ToString());
    }

    public static decimal Decimal(this object obj)
    {
        return decimal.Parse(obj.ToString());
    }

    public static double Double(this object obj)
    {
        return double.Parse(obj.ToString());
    }

    public static T2 GetValueZero<T1, T2>(this Dictionary<T1, T2> d, T1 key) where T2 : struct
    {
        T2 value;
        if (d.TryGetValue(key, out value))
        {
            return value;
        }
        return new T2();
    }
}



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