MOD = 998244353 a,b = map(int,input().split()) N = a + b - 2 fact = [1]*(N+1) rfact = [1]*(N+1) r = 1 for i in range(1, N+1): fact[i] = r = r * i % MOD rfact[N] = r = pow(fact[N], -1, MOD) for i in range(N, 0, -1): rfact[i-1] = r = r * i % MOD def comb(n, k): return fact[n] * rfact[k] * rfact[n-k] % MOD print(comb(N,a-1))