We cannot copy/paste your code to run it, and there is no definition of variable L, M, and A, so we can’t help you. Most likely, you a trying to set PETSc options on plain matrix instead of Mat, so you first need to call something like Mat LPETSc(L) and then call set(LPETSc, ...);.
I have this pseudo-algorith, where i could put this changes to add the PETSc options?
Data: Initial and boundary conditions of the variables L, M , and A in the
domain.
Result: Approximate values of L, M , and A in the discretized domain.
1 Definition of the domain geometry.
2 Generation of the triangular mesh.
3 Calculation of the velocity field V using the Navier-Stokes equations.
4 Definition of the model’s physical parameters.
5 Initialization of the variables L, M , and A based on the initial conditions.
6 Application of the boundary conditions on the variables L, M , and A.
7 Solution of the Larva-Mussel-Algae system:
8 for ti - tf do
9 for each nonlinear iteration k do
10 Given Li,k, M i,k, and Ai,k, find Li,k+1, M i,k+1, and Ai,k+1 considering
the variational formulation of Eqs.Larva, Mussel, and Algae.
11 end
12 Update Li+1, M i+1, and Ai+1
13 end
14 Save the values of L, M , and A for visualization in Paraview.