#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
#define FOR(var, begin, end) for (int var = (begin); var <= (end); var++)
#define RFOR(var, begin, end) for (int var = (begin); var >= (end); var--)
#define REP(var, length) FOR(var, 0, length - 1)
#define RREP(var, length) RFOR(var, length - 1, 0)
#define EACH(value, var) for (auto value : var)
#define SORT(var) sort(var.begin(), var.end())
#define REVERSE(var) reverse(var.begin(), var.end())
#define RSORT(var) \
  SORT(var);       \
  REVERSE(var)
#define OPTIMIZE_STDIO         \
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false); \
  cin.tie(0);                  \
  cout.precision(10);          \
  cout << fixed
#define endl '\n'

const int INF = 1e9;
const int MOD = 998244353;
const ll LINF = 1e18;
struct mint {
  ll x;
  mint() : x(0) {
  }
  mint(ll x) : x((x % MOD + MOD) % MOD) {
  }
  mint& operator+=(const mint& r) {
    if ((x += r.x) >= MOD) {
      x -= MOD;
    }
    return *this;
  }
  mint& operator-=(const mint& r) {
    if ((x -= r.x) < 0) {
      x += MOD;
    }
    return *this;
  }
  mint& operator*=(const mint& r) {
    if ((x *= r.x) > MOD) {
      x %= MOD;
    }
    return *this;
  }
  mint& operator++() {
    if ((++x) >= MOD) {
      x -= MOD;
    }
    return *this;
  }
  mint operator++(int) {
    mint ret = x;
    if ((++x) >= MOD) {
      x -= MOD;
    }
    return ret;
  }
  mint& operator--() {
    if ((--x) < 0) {
      x += MOD;
    }
    return *this;
  }
  mint operator--(int) {
    mint ret = x;
    if ((--x) < 0) {
      x += MOD;
    }
    return ret;
  }
  mint operator+(const mint& r) {
    mint ret;
    return ret = x + r.x;
  }
  mint operator-(const mint& r) {
    mint ret;
    return ret = x - r.x;
  }
  mint operator*(const mint& r) {
    mint ret;
    return ret = x * r.x;
  }
  mint operator-() {
    return mint() - *this;
  }
  bool operator<(const mint& a) {
    return x < a.x;
  }
  bool operator>(const mint& a) {
    return x > a.x;
  }
  bool operator<=(const mint& a) {
    return x <= a.x;
  }
  bool operator>=(const mint& a) {
    return x >= a.x;
  }
  bool operator==(const mint& a) {
    return x == a.x;
  }
  bool operator!=(const mint& a) {
    return x != a.x;
  }
  mint pow(ll t) const {
    if (!t) return 1;
    mint a = pow(t >> 1);
    a *= a;
    if (t & 1) a *= *this;
    return a;
  }
};
ostream& operator<<(ostream& os, const mint& r) {
  os << r.x;
  return os;
}
ostream& operator>>(ostream& os, const mint& r) {
  os >> r.x;
  return os;
}

struct PCMod {
  vector<ll> fact, inv, finv;

  PCMod(int n) : fact(n + 1), inv(n + 1), finv(n + 1) {
    fact[0] = 1;
    fact[1] = 1;
    inv[0] = 1;
    inv[1] = 1;
    finv[0] = 1;
    finv[1] = 1;

    FOR(i, 2, n + 1) {
      fact[i] = fact[i - 1] * i % MOD;
      inv[i] = MOD - inv[MOD % i] * (MOD / i) % MOD;
      finv[i] = finv[i - 1] * inv[i] % MOD;
    }
  }

  ll P(int m, int n) {
    if (m < n) return 0;
    return fact[m] * finv[m - n] % MOD;
  }

  ll C(int m, int n) {
    if (m < n) return 0;
    return fact[m] * (finv[n] * finv[m - n] % MOD) % MOD;
  }

  mint operator()(int m, int n) {
    return C(m, n);
  }
} C(200005);

void solve(istream& cin, ostream& cout) {
  int n, m, k;
  cin >> n >> m >> k;

  mint ans = 0;
  mint col = m;
  // グループの色の割り当て: M * (M - 1)^(N - x - 1)
  RFOR(x, n - 1, 0) {
    mint now = col;
    // グループの分け方: N-1 Combination x
    now *= C(n - 1, x);
    if (x <= k) ans += now;
    col *= m - 1;
  }
  cout << ans << endl;
}

#ifndef TEST
int main() {
  OPTIMIZE_STDIO;
  solve(cin, cout);
  return 0;
}
#endif


Measured memory_bytes: 7764