/**
 *    author:  math2do
 *    created: 12.05.2020 22:43:05 IST
**/

#include <bits/stdc++.h>

using namespace std;

template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p);
 
template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p);
 
template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p);
 
string to_string(const string& s) {
  return '"' + s + '"';
}
 
string to_string(const char* s) {
  return to_string((string) s);
}
 
string to_string(bool b) {
  return (b ? "true" : "false");
}

string to_string(const char &ch) {
  return "'" + string(1, ch) + "'";
}

string to_string(vector<bool> v) {
  bool first = true;
  string res = "{";
  for (int i = 0; i < static_cast<int>(v.size()); i++) {
    if (!first) {
      res += ", ";
    }
    first = false;
    res += to_string(v[i]);
  }
  res += "}";
  return res;
}
 
template <size_t N>
string to_string(bitset<N> v) {
  string res = "";
  for (size_t i = 0; i < N; i++) {
    res += static_cast<char>('0' + v[i]);
  }
  reverse(res.begin(), res.end());
  return res;
}

template <typename A>
string to_string(A v) {
  bool first = true;
  string res = "{";
  for (const auto &x : v) {
    if (!first) {
      res += ", ";
    }
    first = false;
    res += to_string(x);
  }
  res += "}";
  return res;
}
 
template <typename A, typename B>
string to_string(pair<A, B> p) {
  return "(" + to_string(p.first) + ", " + to_string(p.second) + ")";
}
 
template <typename A, typename B, typename C>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C> p) {
  return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ")";
}
 
template <typename A, typename B, typename C, typename D>
string to_string(tuple<A, B, C, D> p) {
  return "(" + to_string(get<0>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<1>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<2>(p)) + ", " + to_string(get<3>(p)) + ")";
}

void debug_out() { cerr << endl; }
 
template <typename Head, typename... Tail>
void debug_out(Head H, Tail... T) {
  cerr << " " << to_string(H);
  debug_out(T...);
}
 
#ifdef LOCAL
#define debug(...) cerr << "[" << #__VA_ARGS__ << "]:", debug_out(__VA_ARGS__)
#else
#define debug(...) 42
#endif

template <typename T>
T power(T a, long long b) {
  T r = 1;
  while (b > 0) {
    if (b & 1) {
      r *= a;
    }
    a *= a;
    b >>= 1;
  }
  return r;
}
 
template <typename T>
T inverse(T a, T m) {
  a %= m;
  if (a < 0) {
    a += m;
  }
  T b = m, u = 0, v = 1;
  while (a) {
    T t = b / a;
    b -= a * t;
    swap(a, b);
    u -= v * t;
    swap(u, v);
  }
  if (u < 0) {
    u += m;
  }
  return u;
}
 
template <int _P>
struct modnum {
  static constexpr int P = _P;
 private:
  int v;
 public:
  modnum() : v(0) { }
  modnum(long long _v) {
    v = (int) (_v % P);
    if (v < 0) {
      v += P;
    }
  }
  explicit operator int() const {
    return v;
  }
  bool operator==(const modnum& o) const {
    return v == o.v;
  }
  bool operator!=(const modnum& o) const {
    return v != o.v;
  }
  modnum inverse() const {
    return modnum(::inverse(v, P));
  }
  modnum operator-() const {
    return modnum(v ? P - v : 0);
  }
  modnum operator+() const {
    return *this;
  }
  modnum& operator++() {
    v++;
    if (v == P) {
      v = 0;
    }
    return *this;
  }
  modnum& operator--() {
    if (v == 0) {
      v = P;
    }
    v--;
    return *this;
  }
  modnum operator++(int) {
    modnum r = *this;
    ++*this;
    return r;
  }
  modnum operator--(int) {
    modnum r = *this;
    --*this;
    return r;
  }
  modnum& operator+=(const modnum& o) {
    v += o.v;
    if (v >= P) {
      v -= P;
    }
    return *this;
  }
  modnum operator+(const modnum& o) const {
    return modnum(*this) += o;
  }
  modnum& operator-=(const modnum& o) {
    v -= o.v;
    if (v < 0) {
      v += P;
    }
    return *this;
  }
  modnum operator-(const modnum& o) const {
    return modnum(*this) -= o;
  }
  modnum& operator*=(const modnum& o) {
    v = (int) ((long long) v * o.v % P);
    return *this;
  }
  modnum operator*(const modnum& o) const {
    return modnum(*this) *= o;
  }
  modnum& operator/=(const modnum& o) {
    return *this *= o.inverse();
  }
  modnum operator/(const modnum& o) const {
    return modnum(*this) /= o;
  }
};

template <int _P>
string to_string(const modnum<_P>& n) {
  return to_string((int)n);
}
 
template <int _P>
ostream& operator<<(ostream& out, const modnum<_P>& n) {
  return out << int(n);
}
 
template <int _P>
istream& operator>>(istream& in, modnum<_P>& n) {
  long long _v;
  in >> _v;
  n = modnum<_P>(_v);
  return in;
}

const int mod = (int) (998244353); 
using mint = modnum<mod>;

template <typename T>
class combination {
 public:
  vector <T> fact;
  vector <T> inv_fact;
  combination(int N) : fact(N + 1), inv_fact(N + 1) {
    fact[0] = 1;
    for (int i = 1; i <= N; i++) {
      fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i;
    }
    inv_fact[N] = T(1) / fact[N];
    for (int i = N - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
      inv_fact[i] = inv_fact[i + 1] * (i + 1);
    }
  } 
  T P(int n, int r) const {
    if (r < 0 || n < r) return 0;
    return fact[n] * inv_fact[n - r];
  }
 
  T C(int n, int r) const {
    if (r < 0 || n < r) return 0;
    return fact[n] * inv_fact[r] * inv_fact[n - r];
  }
};

const int N = (int) (2e5 + 1);
combination <mint> co(N);
inline mint C(int n, int r) { return co.C(n, r); }
inline mint P(int n, int r) { return co.P(n, r); }

int main() {
  ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  int n, m, k;
  cin >> n >> m >> k;
  mint ans = 0;
  for (int i = 0; i <= k; i++) {
    ans += C(n - 1, i) * m * power(mint(m - 1), n - 1 - i);
  } 
  cout << ans << endl;
  return 0;
}


Measured memory_bytes: 4652