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

#define COUT(x) cout << #x << " = " << (x) << " (L" << __LINE__ << ")" << endl
template<class T1, class T2> ostream& operator << (ostream &s, pair<T1,T2> P)
{ return s << '<' << P.first << ", " << P.second << '>'; }
template<class T> ostream& operator << (ostream &s, vector<T> P)
{ for (int i = 0; i < P.size(); ++i) { if (i > 0) { s << " "; } s << P[i]; } return s; }
template<class T> ostream& operator << (ostream &s, vector<vector<T> > P)
{ for (int i = 0; i < P.size(); ++i) { s << endl << P[i]; } return s << endl; }
template<class T> ostream& operator << (ostream &s, set<T> P)
{ for(auto it : P) { s << "<" << it << "> "; } return s << endl; }
template<class T1, class T2> ostream& operator << (ostream &s, map<T1,T2> P)
{ for(auto it : P) { s << "<" << it.first << "->" << it.second << "> "; } return s << endl; }

#define rep(i, n) for (int i = 0; i < (n); ++i)
#define rrep(i, n) for (int i = 1; i <= (n); ++i)
#define drep(i, n) for (int i = (n)-1; i >= 0; --i)
#define ddrep(i, n) for (int i = n; i > 0; --i)
#define srep(i, s, t) for (int i = s; i < t; ++i)
#define ssrep(i, s, t) for (int i = s; i <= t; ++i)

template<class T> inline bool chmax(T& a, T b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }
template<class T> inline bool chmin(T& a, T b) { if (a > b) { a = b; return 1; } return 0; }

using ll = long long;
using pi = pair<int, int>;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vl = vector<ll>;
using vvl = vector<vl>;
using ld = long double;
using str = string;

#define rng(a) a.begin(), a.end()
#define rrng(a) a.rbegin(), a.rend()
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define fi first
#define se second


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];
    }
};

const int MOD = 998244353;
using mint = Fp<MOD>;
BiCoef<mint> bc;
//bc.com(left,right),modpow(mint(radix),index)
 

int inf = 1e+9;

int main(void){
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout << std::setprecision(10);

    bc.init(1110000);
    int n,m,k;
    mint ans=0;
    cin >> n >> m >> k;
    for(int i=0; i <= k; ++i){
        mint tmp = bc.com(n-1,i) * modpow(mint(m-1),n-1-i) * m;
        ans += tmp;
    }
    cout << ans << endl;
    return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 29344