#include <bits/stdc++.h>
#define all(v) v.begin(), v.end()
#define rall(v) v.rbegin(), v.rend()
#define rep(i,n) for(int i=0;i<(int)(n);i++)
#define drep(i,j,n) for(int i=0;i<(int)(n-1);i++)for(int j=i+1;j<(int)(n);j++)
#define trep(i,j,k,n) for(int i=0;i<(int)(n-2);i++)for(int j=i+1;j<(int)(n-1);j++)for(int k=j+1;k<(int)(n);k++)
#define codefor int test;scanf("%d",&test);while(test--)
#define INT(...) int __VA_ARGS__;in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define LL(...) ll __VA_ARGS__;in(__VA_ARGS__)
#define yes(ans) if(ans)printf("yes\n");else printf("no\n")
#define Yes(ans) if(ans)printf("Yes\n");else printf("No\n")
#define YES(ans) if(ans)printf("YES\n");else printf("NO\n")
#define popcount(v) __builtin_popcountll(v)
#define vector2d(type,name,h,...) vector<vector<type>>name(h,vector<type>(__VA_ARGS__))
#define vector3d(type,name,h,w,...) vector<vector<vector<type>>>name(h,vector<vector<type>>(w,vector<type>(__VA_ARGS__)))
#define vector4d(type,name,h,w,d,...) vector<vector<vector<vector<type>>>>name(h,vector<vector<vector<type>>>(w,vector<vector<type>>(d,vector<type>(__VA_ARGS__))))
using namespace std;
using ll = long long;
template<class T> using rpriority_queue = priority_queue<T, vector<T>, greater<T>>;
const int MOD=1000000007;
const int MOD2=998244353;
const int INF=1<<30;
const ll INF2=1LL<<60;
void scan(int& a){scanf("%d",&a);}
void scan(long long& a){scanf("%lld",&a);}
template<class T,class L>void scan(pair<T, L>& p){scan(p.first);scan(p.second);}
template<class T,class U,class V>void scan(tuple<T,U,V>& p){scan(get<0>(p));scan(get<1>(p));scan(get<2>(p));}
template<class T, size_t size> void scan(array<T, size>& a){ for(auto&& i : a) scan(i);}
template<class T> void scan(T& a){cin>>a;}
template<class T> void scan(vector<T>& vec){for(auto&& it:vec)scan(it);}
void in(){}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void in(Head& head, Tail&... tail){scan(head);in(tail...);}
void print(const int& a){printf("%d",a);}
void print(const long long& a){printf("%lld",a);}
void print(const double& a){printf("%.15lf",a);}
template<class T,class L>void print(const pair<T, L>& p){print(p.first);putchar(' ');print(p.second);}
template<class T> void print(const T& a){cout<<a;}
template<class T> void print(const vector<T>& vec){if(vec.empty())return;print(vec[0]);for(auto it=vec.begin();++it!= vec.end();){putchar(' ');print(*it);}}
void out(){putchar('\n');}
template<class T> void out(const T& t){print(t);putchar('\n');}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void out(const Head& head,const Tail&... tail){print(head);putchar(' ');out(tail...);}
template<class T> void dprint(const T& a){cerr<<a;}
template<class T> void dprint(const vector<T>& vec){if(vec.empty())return;cerr<<vec[0];for(auto it=vec.begin();++it!= vec.end();){cerr<<" "<<*it;}}
void debug(){cerr<<endl;}
template<class T> void debug(const T& t){dprint(t);cerr<<endl;}
template <class Head, class... Tail> void debug(const Head& head, const Tail&... tail){dprint(head);cerr<<" ";debug(tail...);}
ll intpow(ll a, ll b){ ll ans = 1; while(b){ if(b & 1) ans *= a; a *= a; b /= 2; } return ans; }
ll modpow(ll a, ll b, ll p){ ll ans = 1; while(b){ if(b & 1) (ans *= a) %= p; (a *= a) %= p; b /= 2; } return ans; }
ll modinv(ll a, ll m) {ll b = m, u = 1, v = 0;while (b) {ll t = a / b;a -= t * b; swap(a, b);u -= t * v; swap(u, v);}u %= m;if (u < 0) u += m;return u;}
ll updivide(ll a,ll b){return (a+b-1)/b;}
int msb(ll v){return 63-__builtin_clzll(v);}
template<class T> void chmax(T &a,const T b){if(b>a)a=b;}
template<class T> void chmin(T &a,const T b){if(b<a)a=b;}

int main(){
    INT(t,a,b);
    int v=max(a,b);
    if(t<v){
        out("NO");
        return 0;
    }
    if(t==1&&a==0&&b==0){
        out("NO");
        return 0;
    }
    vector<string> ans;
    v=t-v;
    int y=0,x=0;
    if(v&1){
        if(a==0&&b==0){
            ans.push_back("^>");
            ans.push_back("v");
            ans.push_back("<");
        }else if(a==0){
            ans.push_back("^>");
            ans.push_back("v");
            x++;
        }else if(b==0){
            ans.push_back("^>");
            ans.push_back("<");
            y++;
        }else{
            ans.push_back(">");
            ans.push_back("^");
            x++,y++;
        }
    }
    while(y<a||x<b){
        ans.push_back("");
        if(a>y)ans.back()+="^",y++;
        if(b>x)ans.back()+=">",x++;
    }
    while(ans.size()<t){
        ans.push_back(">");
        ans.push_back("<");
    }
    out("YES");
    rep(i,ans.size())out(ans[i]);
}