#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#pragma GCC optimize("Ofast")
using namespace std;
using std::cout;
using std::cin;
using std::endl;
using ll=long long;
using ld=long double;
ll I=1167167167167167167;
ll Q=998244353;
#define rep(i,a) for (ll i=0;i<a;i++)
template<class T> using _pq = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
template<class T> ll LB(vector<T> &v,T a){return lower_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),a)-v.begin();}
template<class T> ll UB(vector<T> &v,T a){return upper_bound(v.begin(),v.end(),a)-v.begin();}
template<class T> bool chmin(T &a,const T &b){if(a>b){a=b;return 1;}else return 0;}
template<class T> bool chmax(T &a,const T &b){if(a<b){a=b;return 1;}else return 0;}
template<class T> void So(vector<T> &v) {sort(v.begin(),v.end());}
template<class T> void Sore(vector<T> &v) {sort(v.begin(),v.end(),[](T x,T y){return x>y;});}
template<class T> void print_tate(vector<T> &v) {rep(i,v.size()) cout<<v[i]<<"\n";}
void yneos(bool a){if(a) cout<<"Yes"<<"\n"; else cout<<"No"<<"\n";}

ll jyo(ll x,ll y,ll z){
  ll H=y; //ここから
       ll a=1,b=x,c=1;
       while(H>0){
         a*=2;
         if(H%a!=0){
           H-=a/2;
           c*=b;
           c%=z;
         }
        b*=b;
         b%=z;
      } //ここまで
 return c;
}

//おちこんだりもしたけれど、私はげんきです。
int main() {
	ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
	cin.tie(nullptr);
	ll N,M,ans=0;
	cin>>N>>M;
	rep(i,M){
		if(i==0) continue;
		ans+=(((i*(M-i))%Q)*(((jyo(i+1,N,Q)-2*jyo(i,N,Q)+jyo(i-1,N,Q))%Q)))%Q;
		ans%=Q;
		//cout<<ans<<endl;
	}
	ans+=Q;
	ans%=Q;
	ans*=N%Q;
	ans%=Q;
	ans*=(M+1);
	ans%=Q;
	ans*=jyo(2,Q-2,Q);
	ans%=Q;
	cout<<(ans%Q+Q)%Q<<"\n";
}