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

// #define int long long // intで書いたけど心配なときにlong longに変換する
struct Fast {Fast(){std::cin.tie(0);ios::sync_with_stdio(false);}} fast;

/* short */
#define pb push_back
#define eb emplace_back
#define mp make_pair
#define Fi first
#define Se second
#define ALL(v) begin(v), end(v)
#define RALL(v) rbegin(v), rend(v)
#define X real()
#define Y imag()

/* REPmacro */
#define REPS(i, a, n) for (ll i = (a); i < (ll)(n); ++i)
#define REP(i, n) REPS(i, 0, n)
#define RREP(i, n) REPS(i, 1, n + 1)
#define DEPS(i, a, n) for (ll i = (a); i >= (ll)(n); --i)
#define DEP(i, n) DEPS(i, n, 0)
#define EACH(i, n) for (auto&& i : n)

/* debug */
#define debug(x) cerr << x << " " << "(L:" << __LINE__ << ")" << '\n';

/* alias */
using ll = long long;
using ull = unsigned long long;
using uint = unsigned int;
using vi = vector<int>;
using vvi = vector<vi>;
using vvvi = vector<vvi>;
using pii = pair<int, int>;
using D = double;
using P = complex<D>;
using vs = vector<string>;
template <typename T> using PQ = priority_queue<T>;
template <typename T> using minPQ = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;

/* const */
const int INF = 1001001001;
const ll LINF = 1001001001001001001ll;
const int MOD = 1e9 + 7;
const D EPS = 1e-9;
const int dx[] = {0, 1, 0, -1, 1, -1, 1, -1}, dy[] = {1, 0, -1, 0, 1, -1, -1, 1};

/* func */
inline bool inside(int y, int x, int H, int W) {return y >= 0 && x >= 0 && y < H && x < W;}
inline int in() {int x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline ll IN() {ll x; cin >> x; return x;}
inline vs split(const string& t, char c) {vs v; stringstream s(t); string b; while(getline(s, b, c)) v.eb(b); return v;}
template <typename T> inline bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) {if (a > b) a = b; return a > b;}
template <typename T> inline bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) {if (a < b) a = b; return a < b;}
template <typename T, typename S> inline void print(const pair<T, S>& p) {cout << p.first << " " << p.second << endl;}
template <typename T> inline void print(const T& x) {cout << x << endl;}
template <typename T, typename S> inline void print(const vector<pair<T, S>>& v) {for (auto&& p : v) print(p);}
template <typename T> inline void print(const vector<T>& v, string s = " ") {REP(i, v.size()) cout << v[i] << (i != (ll)v.size() - 1 ? s : "\n");}
inline void yesno(bool ok, string yes = "Yes", string no = "No") {cout << (ok?yes:no) << endl;}

template <uint MD> struct ModInt {
    using M = ModInt;
    const static M G;
    uint v;
    ModInt(ll _v = 0) { set_v(uint(_v % MD + MD)); }
    M& set_v(uint _v) {
        v = (_v < MD) ? _v : _v - MD;
        return *this;
    }
    explicit operator bool() const { return v != 0; }
    M operator-() const { return M() - *this; }
    M operator+(const M& r) const { return M().set_v(v + r.v); }
    M operator-(const M& r) const { return M().set_v(v + MD - r.v); }
    M operator*(const M& r) const { return M().set_v(uint(ull(v) * r.v % MD)); }
    M operator/(const M& r) const { return *this * r.inv(); }
    M& operator+=(const M& r) { return *this = *this + r; }
    M& operator-=(const M& r) { return *this = *this - r; }
    M& operator*=(const M& r) { return *this = *this * r; }
    M& operator/=(const M& r) { return *this = *this / r; }
    bool operator==(const M& r) const { return v == r.v; }
    M pow(ll n) const {
        M x = *this, r = 1;
        while (n) {
            if (n & 1) r *= x;
            x *= x;
            n >>= 1;
        }
        return r;
    }
    M inv() const { return pow(MD - 2); }
    friend ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const M& r) { return os << r.v; }
};
using Mint = ModInt<998244353>;

ll mod = 998244353;

ll modminus(ll x, ll y) {
    return (x - y + mod) % mod;
}

ll multiply(ll x, ll y) {
    return (x % mod) * (y % mod) % mod;
}

ll power(ll x, ll y) {
    if (y == 0) {
        return 1;
    } else if (y == 1) {
        return x % mod;
    } else if (y % 2 == 0) {
        ll p = power(x, y / 2);
        return p * p % mod;
    } else {
        ll p = power (x, y / 2);
        return (p * p) % mod * (x % mod) % mod;
    }
}

ll divide(ll x, ll y) {
    return multiply(x, power(y, mod - 2));
}

ll frac[1000000];
ll invfrac[1000000];

void fracinvfrac(ll n) {
    frac[0] = 1;
    for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
        frac[i] = multiply(frac[i - 1], i);
    }
    invfrac[n] = divide(1, frac[n]);
    for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
        invfrac[i] = multiply(invfrac[i + 1], i + 1);
    }
}

ll modcombi(ll x, ll y) {
    if (y == 0) {
        return 1;
    } else {
        return multiply(multiply(frac[x], invfrac[x - y]), invfrac[y]);
    }
}



signed main() {
    //my-code
    ll n, m, k; cin >> n >> m >> k;
    ll minncuts = (n-1)-k;
    Mint ans = 0;
    ll places_to_paint;
    fracinvfrac(n);
    REPS(ncuts, minncuts, n) {
        places_to_paint = ncuts+1;
        Mint cmbptns = modcombi(n-1, ncuts);
        Mint pm = (Mint)(m-1);
        Mint paintptns = (Mint)(m)*pm.pow(places_to_paint-1);
        Mint subans = cmbptns * paintptns;
        ans += subans;
    }
    cout << ans << endl;

    return 0;
}

// https://github.com/kurokoji/.cpp-Template/wiki テンプレートについて
// http://www.creativ.xyz/dump-cpp-652 dump()について
// https://gist.github.com/rigibun/7905920 色々

Measured memory_bytes: 6668