#include <cassert>
#include <functional>
#include <set>
#include <ctime>
#include <cmath>
#include <climits>
#include <cstring>
#include <string>
#include <queue>
#include <map>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#ifndef ONLINE_JUDGE //POJ
# include <complex>
# include <random>
# include <array>
# define mkt make_tuple
# define empb emplace_back
#endif
#ifdef _LOCAL
# include "for_local.h"
#endif
using namespace std;
typedef unsigned int uint; typedef long long ll; typedef unsigned long long ull;
#define repi(_I, _B, _E) for(int _I = (_B); (_I) < (_E); ++ (_I))
#define rep(_I, _N) for(int _I = 0; (_I) < (_N); ++ (_I))
#define mkp make_pair
#define all(_X) (_X).begin(), (_X).end()

int t, a, b;

signed main() {
	cin >> t >> a >> b;

	int s = min(a, b);
	int u = t - max(a, b);
	int c = u / 4;
	int d = u % 4;
	if ( d == 1 ) {
		--s; --u;
		c = u / 4;
		d = u % 4;
	}

	if ( s >= 0 && u >= 0 ) {
		cout << "YES" << endl;
		rep(_, s) {
			cout << "^>" << endl;
		}
		rep(_, a - s) {
			cout << ">" << endl;
		}
		rep(_, b - s) {
			cout << "^" << endl;
		}
		rep(_, c) {
			cout << "<" << endl << "v" << endl << ">" << endl << "^" << endl;
		}
		switch ( d ) {
			case 0: break;
			case 2: cout << "<" << endl << ">" << endl; break;
			case 3: cout << "<" << endl << ">v" << endl << "^" << endl; break;
		}

	} else {
		cout << "NO" << endl;
	}
	return 0;
}