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Transitive Semigroups of $2\times 2$ matrices

Suppose $G$ is a semigroup (i.e., closed under matrix multiplication) of $2\times 2$ real matrices. Suppose also that $G$ is transitive i.e., for any two non-zero vectors $u$ and $v$ in $\mathbb{R}^2$ there is a matrix in $G$ that maps $u$ to $v$. Are there any transitive semigroups besides the obvious ones (diagonal, lower triangular, and upper triangular semigroups)?

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