#include<bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define rep(i,n) for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)
#define repl(i,l,r) for(ll i=(l);i<(r);i++)
#define per(i,n) for(ll i=n-1;i>=0;i--)
#define perl(i,r,l) for(ll i=r-1;i>=l;i--)
#define fi first
#define se second
#define pb push_back
#define ins insert
#define all(x) (x).begin(),(x).end()
using ll=long long;
using vl=vector<ll>;
using vvl=vector<vector<ll>>;
const ll MOD9=1000000007;
const ll MOD=998244353;
const int inf=1e9+10;
const ll INF=4e18;
const ll dy[8]={1,0,-1,0,1,1,-1,-1};
const ll dx[8]={0,-1,0,1,1,-1,1,-1};
using Graph = vector<vector<int>>;
double nCk(int n, int k) {
double res=1.0;
for(int i=0; i<n; i++){
res*=0.5;}
for(int i=0; i<k; i++){
res*=(double)(n-i);
res/=(double)(k-i);
}
return res;}
struct edge{ll to, cost;};
typedef pair<ll,ll> P;
struct graph{
  ll V;
  vector<vector<edge> > G;
  vector<ll> d;

  graph(ll n){
    init(n);
  }

  void init(ll n){
    V = n;
    G.resize(V);
    d.resize(V);
    rep(i,V){
      d[i] = INF;
    }
  }

  void add_edge(ll s, ll t, ll cost){
    edge e;
    e.to = t, e.cost = cost;
    G[s].push_back(e);
  }

  void dijkstra(ll s){
    rep(i,V){
      d[i] = INF;
    }
    d[s] = 0;
    priority_queue<P,vector<P>, greater<P> > que;
    que.push(P(0,s));
    while(!que.empty()){
      P p = que.top(); que.pop();
      ll v = p.second;
      if(d[v]<p.first) continue;
      for(auto e : G[v]){
        if(d[e.to]>d[v]+e.cost){
          d[e.to] = d[v]+e.cost;
          que.push(P(d[e.to],e.to));
        }
      }
    }
  }
};
class UnionFind
{
public:
  int par[100005];
  int depth[100005];
  int nGroup[100005];
 
  UnionFind(int n) {
    init(n);
  }
 
  void init(int n) {
    for(int i=0; i<n; i++) {
      par[i] = i;
      depth[i] = 0;
      nGroup[i] = 1;
    }
  }
 
  int root(int x) {
    if(par[x] == x) {
      return x;
    } else {
      return par[x] = root(par[x]);
    }
  }
 
  bool same(int x, int y) {
    return root(x) == root(y);
  }
 
  void unite(int x, int y) {
    x = root(x);
    y = root(y);
    if(x == y) return;
 
    if(depth[x] < depth[y]) {
      par[x] = y;
      nGroup[y] += nGroup[x];
      nGroup[x] = 0;
    } else {
      par[y] = x;
      nGroup[x] += nGroup[y];
      nGroup[y] = 0;
      if(depth[x] == depth[y])
        depth[x]++;
    }
  }
};
const ll MAX = 510000;
ll fac[MAX], finv[MAX], inv[MAX];

// テーブルを作る前処理
void COMinit() {
    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;
    }
}

// 二項係数計算
ll COM(ll n, ll k){
    if (n < k) return 0;
    if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % MOD) % MOD;
} 

vector<ll> depth;
vector<ll> f;
vector<ll> g;
void dfs(const Graph &G, ll v, ll p, ll d) {
    depth[v] = d;
    for (auto nv : G[v]) {
        if (nv == p) continue; // nv が親 p だったらダメ
        dfs(G, nv, v, d+1);
    }

    // 帰りがけ時に、部分木サイズを求める
    f[v] = 1;
    g[v] = 1;// 自分自身
    for (auto c : G[v]) {
        if (c == p) continue;
        f[v]*=g[c];
        f[v]%=MOD;
        g[v]*=f[c];
        g[v]%=MOD;
        }
    f[v]+=g[v];
    f[v]%=MOD;
}

int main() {
ll n,m,k; cin>>n>>m>>k;
ll ca = 0;
ll q = 1;
COMinit();
for(ll i=0; i<n-k-1; i++){
q*=m-1;
q%=MOD;}
q*=m;
q%=MOD;
for(ll i=k; i>0; i--){
ll c = 1;
c*=(COM(n-1,i))%MOD;
//c*=m;
//c%=MOD;
c*=q;
c%=MOD;
q*=(m-1);
q%=MOD;
ca+=c;
ca%=MOD;}
//cout << q << endl;
//q*=m;
//q%=MOD;
//cout << q << endl;
ca+=q;
ca%=MOD;
//ll p = 1;
//for(ll i =1; i<100; i++){
//p*=99;
//p%=MOD;
//}
//cout << p << endl;
//p*=100;
//p%=MOD;
cout << ca << endl;}

#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <string>
#include <algorithm>
#include <numeric>
#include <cmath>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <queue>
#include <deque>

using namespace std;
using ll = long long;

void _cin(){} template <class Head, class... Tail> void _cin(Head&& head, Tail&&... tail){ cin >> head; _cin(forward<Tail>(tail)...); }
void _cout(){ cout << "\n"; } template <class Head, class... Tail> void _cout(Head&& head, Tail&&... tail){ cout << head; _cout(forward<Tail>(tail)...); }
template<typename S, typename T> ostream& operator<<(ostream &os, const pair<S, T> &p){ cout << "[" << p.first << ", " << p.second << "]"; return os; }

#define Sq(x) (x)*(x)
#define For(i, n) for(int i = 0; i < (n); i ++)
#define Rep(n) For(_, n)
#define Range(c) c.begin(), c.end()
#define RevRange(c) c.rbegin(), c.rend()
#define Contains(c, x) (find(Range(c), x) != c.end())
#define Search(rb, re, x) distance(rb, find(rb, re, x))
#define Sort(a) sort(Range(a))
#define DeSort(a) sort(RevRange(a))
#define Reverse(c) reverse(Range(c))
#define Unique(a) a.erase(unique(Range(a)), a.end())
#define Cusum(T, xs, sxs) vector<T> sxs(xs.size()+1); For(i, (int)xs.size()) sxs[i+1] = sxs[i] + xs[i]
#define Cin(T, ...) T __VA_ARGS__; _cin(__VA_ARGS__)
#define Cins(T, n, xs) vector<T> xs(n); For(i, n) cin >> xs[i]
#define Cins2(T, n, xs, ys) vector<T> xs(n), ys(n); For(i, n) cin >> xs[i] >> ys[i]
#define Cins3(T, n, xs, ys, zs) vector<T> xs(n), ys(n), zs(n); For(i, n) cin >> xs[i] >> ys[i] >> zs[i]
#define Cinm(T, n, map) unordered_map<T, int> map; Rep(n){ Cin(T, x); map[x] ++; }
#define Cout(...) _cout(__VA_ARGS__)
#define Couts(xs) { for(const auto &e : xs) cout << e << " "; cout << "\n"; }
#define Coutyn(cond) Cout((cond) ? "yes" : "no")
#define CoutYn(cond) Cout((cond) ? "Yes" : "No")
#define CoutYN(cond) Cout((cond) ? "YES" : "NO")
#define Return(expr) { Cout(expr); return 0; }
#define vc vector
#define Mini(a, x) a = min(a, x)
#define Maxi(a, x) a = max(a, x)

constexpr int MOD = 998244353;

ll modpow(ll n, ll p){
    if(p == 0) return 1;
    if(p % 2 == 1) return n * modpow(n, p-1) % MOD;
    ll t = modpow(n, p/2);
    return t*t % MOD;
}

constexpr int COMB_MAX = 210000;
ll fac[COMB_MAX], finv[COMB_MAX], inv[COMB_MAX];

void initComb(){
    fac[0] = fac[1] = 1;
    finv[0] = finv[1] = 1;
    inv[1] = 1;
    for(int i = 2; i < COMB_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;
    }
}

ll comb(int n, int k){
    if (n < k) return 0;
    if (n < 0 || k < 0) return 0;
    return fac[n] * (finv[k] * finv[n - k] % MOD) % MOD;
}

int main(void){
    Cin(int, n, m, k);
    initComb();
    
    ll ans = 0;
    For(i, k+1){
        ll tmp = m * modpow(m-1, n-i-1) % MOD * comb(n-i-1 + i, i) % MOD;
        // Cout(tmp);
        ans = (ans + tmp) % MOD;
    }
    Cout(ans);
}

