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\b[No.] Take $P=2$, $Q=9$. The <Jacobi symbol> is
$$
\left(\frac29\right)=\left(\frac23\right)^2=(-1)^2=1,
$$
but the squares modulo $3$ are $0,1$. A square root of $2$ modulo $9$ would reduce to one modulo $3$, which is impossible. A <Jacobi symbol> of $1$ records a product of local signs; it does not assert that every local sign is positive, or that a <quadratic congruence> is soluble.

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